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Diagram illustrating open banking, where customer financial data is shared with fintech companies through APIs

Payment Institutions & E-Money

What Is Open Banking?

Open banking means sharing customers' financial information with a third-party fintech company so that a range of banking and financial services can be offered to them. It works through API integrations. This post covers its status in Turkey and the new BRSA regulation.

Illustration of embedded finance, with payment, credit, insurance and investment services built into everyday digital platforms

Open Banking

What Is Embedded Finance?

Embedded Finance means integrating financial products and services into non-financial platforms, experiences or business processes. In other words, services offered by financial institutions become part of the product or service flows of non-financial organizations.

Illustration of the transfer of payment regulation powers from the BRSA to the CBRT in Turkey's fintech ecosystem

Laws & Regulations

Some Powers of the BRSA Transferred to the CBRT

Turkey is rapidly implementing the items in the 11th Development Plan for a fintech ecosystem with equal opportunity. Under the approved law amendment, some BRSA powers over payment services and e-money companies were transferred to the CBRT, making it the single authority in payments.

Illustration of remote identity verification and open banking in digital banking

Laws & Regulations

Remote Identity Verification, Reliance on Third Parties and Open Banking

Digitalization is changing how banks onboard customers. This post covers digital identity, verification methods, what the Turkish ID card offers, and Article 43 of the Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services on remote identity verification and open banking.

Illustration representing open banking and banking as a service with digital banking and API connection icons

Open Banking

What are the differences between Banking as a Service and Open Banking?

First, it is useful to briefly recall the concepts of Banking as a Service and Open Banking. Banking as a Service (BaaS) lets interface developers connect directly to service banks' systems via APIs and open banking services to run banking transactions for customers...