Tagged: turkey

January 11, 2024 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek has shared insights regarding part of what’s expected to be included in the country’s upcoming crypto regulations. The Turkish government said it would be legally defining key concepts related to crypto and will comment on the licensing… Read More

October 2, 2023 @ 9:00 am By Michael Wong  |  

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest participation bank by asset size in the United Arab Emirates, has officially entered the Turkish digital banking and fintech sector after acquiring a minority stake in T.O.M. Group. Established by Aydın Group shareholders, the T.O.M. Group includes T.O.M. Katılım… Read More

September 27, 2023 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The MENA region reportedly has the sixth largest crypto economy of any region studied this year, “with an estimated $389.8 billion in on-chain value received between July 2022 and June 2023,” according to an update from Chainalysis. Chainalysis also mentioned that this “represents nearly 7.2%… Read More

September 9, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Faruk Fatih Özer, the former Chief Executive of collapsed Turkey-based cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has reportedly been sentenced to 11,196 years in prison on Thursday (September 7, 2023). Stealing around $2 billion from his clients led to the CEO of one of Turkey’s biggest virtual currency… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Craftgate Technology, a “One-Stop Shop” payment orchestration platform, announces that the company received USD 1 million investment from D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a ‘Hepsiburada’) (NASDAQ: HEPS), a Turkish e-commerce platform and D4 Ventures, a UK-based venture capital company. Based in İstanbul, Türkiye, Craftgate helps… Read More

August 19, 2023 @ 6:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Param, which claims to be Turkey’s biggest FinTech, is entering the European market with the acquisition of leading CEE Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider Twisto. Setting the scene for wider global expansion, Param is “introducing its technology and integrated embedded finance products and services… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Garanti BBVA, which claims to be a leading force in digitization in the Turkish banking industry, has announced the launching of Garanti BBVA Digital Assets, the first venture of its subsidiary Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies. With a pilot already in progress, the company will initially… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has launched an enhanced and upgraded version of its WhatsApp banking service, “providing customers with a convenient, secure and reliable digital banking experience like never before.” Emirates NBD WhatsApp banking “allows customers to seamlessly… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has announced a transformation focused on harnessing the power of generative AI to change Emirates NBD’s operations and enhance productivity across various business functions supported by Microsoft. This collaboration aims “to unlock new opportunities… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NomuPay, a modern end-to-end payment platform purpose built for expansion into regions of high cross-border and ecommerce growth, has raised $53.6m. The investment round was “led by Finch Capital, and includes participation from Outpost Ventures, a Neuberger Berman fund, with participation from individuals.” Peter Burridge,… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 6:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics is expanding biometric payment card programs in Turkey with a fourth issuer. This fast growing bank challenger “represents a customer portfolio of more than 10 million customers.” The biometric payment cards from this issuer are “expected to be in consumers’ hands by the… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, the government of Turkey published a “Fintech Guide” highlighting innovative financial services firms operating in the country. The Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Finance Office (CBFO) reports that as of February 2023 there were 637 Fintechs providing payments, DeFi, digital banking and more…. Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercuryo, the “all-in-one” cryptocurrency platform, is pleased to announce its partnership with Simpledo, an emerging crypto provider in Turkey. This partnership is aimed “at expanding Mercuryo’s global presence and enhancing its services for customers in Turkey.” Simpledo offers “a range of crypto solutions to its… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the scope of the first-phase studies of the Digital Turkish Lira Project, conducted under the leadership of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), the first payment transactions on the Digital Turkish Lira Network were “executed successfully.” The CBRT will “continue to… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ENOC Group has accelerated its digitization strategy through a collaboration with Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region (and Turkey), in order “to implement innovative payment solutions.” ENOC Group has “successfully implemented Emirates NBD’s Host to Host (H2H) services for payments and account… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region an Turkey, has launched a global accelerator program for metaverse start-ups “to enhance customer experience for the new virtual economy, in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive, the largest financial technology hub… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for financial markets, recently announced new optimized routes on its network to Istanbul (Bursa Istanbul), Riyadh (Saudi Stock Exchange, Tadawul) and Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, TASE). These routes should help with encouraging… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 4:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is now connected to Borsa Istanbul (BIST) as a market data vendor. Opening up access to Turkey’s sole exchange with order routing and market data connectivity to the BIST matching engine in Istanbul “allows TNS’ customers to capitalize on trading activities… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Colendi, the embedded Fintech services platform in Turkey and surrounding regions, announced its acquisition of London-based blockchain settlements and payments provider SETL. Launched in 2015, SETL claims to be one of the leading enterprises blockchain companies “known for its high-profile work with selected Central Banks… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 6:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mükellef, a Turkish startup that is an end-to-end business startup solution, has raised $1 million at a $21 million valuation, according to a statement from the company. Investors, including Finberg, Oyak Portföy, Colendi, hiVC, and Agah Uğur. Okan Şafak, founder of Mükellef, said the funding… Read More