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Payment Systems
With the CBRT's regulation on payment services, electronic money issuance and payment service providers, the minimum equity amounts for bill payment, payment and electronic money institutions were raised.
Laws & Regulations
The purpose of Law No. 6493 is to regulate the procedures and principles for payment and securities settlement systems, payment services, payment institutions and electronic money institutions.
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 7192 amends certain articles of Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions. Announced on 22 November 2019, it entered into force on 01.01.2020.
Payment Systems
Published in the Official Gazette of 25.11.2022, six days before the Transition Period ended, an amending Regulation and Communiqué extended the transition period for some obligations of payment and e-money institutions from 01.12.2022 to 28.02.2023.
FAST
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has implemented a significant limit increase in the FAST system. Under the regulation effective August 26, 2026, the FAST money transfer limit was raised from TRY 100,000 to TRY 300,000. The same increase also applies to Request to Pay...
Payment Systems
Law No. 7192 amends Law No. 6493 and brings changes on payment services, e-money and open banking, including the transfer of regulatory and supervisory powers from the BRSA to the CBRT and the addition of PSD2-style services.
Payment Systems
As FAST usage keeps growing, new CBRT regulations are accelerating it further. Payment and e-money institutions will join FAST directly in 2023, and FAST Merchant Payments using the TR-QR Code will go live in the first quarter of 2023.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
On 7 October 2023, the CBRT amended the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and E-Money Institutions and Data Sharing Services of Payment Service Providers, first published on 1 December 2021. Links to the new text, a comparison table and a detailed summary of changes follow.
Merchant & POS
In the world of payment systems, there are new developments every day in both accepting payments and payment methods. QR code payments will undoubtedly become more common in the coming days, and we will make payments with QR codes in many places.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Under the Law on Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions, the organs, duties and powers, and working principles of the Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Association of Turkey have been determined. The statute is now in force.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
No. When applying, you must document that the company has 1 million TL of paid-in capital, paid in cash and free of collusion. The collateral is deposited with the CBRT only if the Board grants the license.
Payment Systems
Let's start by defining e-money. In general terms, e-money is a monetary value stored on a secure technological device (such as a computer disk). E-money is a concept defined under Turkish law through legislation enacted by the BRSA (BDDK).