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🇹🇷Türkiye··Regulation·Medium Impact0·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation updates rules regarding payment services and electronic money in Turkey, specifically changing the times for calculating electronic money protection account balances and allowing for interest accrual on these funds. It affects payment service providers and users of electronic money services.

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Key Changes

  • The calculation time for electronic money protection account balances has been changed from 15:00 to 16:30 and from 11:00 to 12:00.
  • Interest can now be accrued on electronic money protection accounts.
  • Payment service providers must keep funds from electronic money issuance separate and cannot use them for purposes other than specified.

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Calculate electronic money protection account end-of-day balance at 16:30 on full business days and 12:00 on half business days

Payment service providers and electronic money institutions
operational
medium

Allow overnight interest accrual on electronic money protection account balances without violating fund protection requirements

Payment service providers and electronic money institutions
operational
high

Segregate and track funds received in exchange for electronic money issuance separately from all other funds and prohibit use for purposes other than those specified

Electronic money institutions
operational
high

Maintain records of funds received for electronic money issuance on a customer-by-customer basis, except for anonymous prepaid instruments

Electronic money institutions
reporting
high

Prohibit use of funds received for electronic money issuance as collateral or security

Electronic money institutions
prohibition

Affected Parties

Payment service providersUsers of electronic money services

Tags

payment services,electronic money,regulation