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Turkey Fintech Hub

Fintech.tr is an independent, source-first publication on Türkiye's fintech ecosystem. Our main site is in Turkish; this section summarises what foreign investors, founders and compliance teams need most — in English, with every number linked to its official source.

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licensed payment institutions (TCMB, 25 Sep 2026): 55
licensed e-money institutions (TCMB, 25 Sep 2026): 6
digital banks flagged by BDDK: 140
company profiles in our directory

Guides

Open Banking and Instant Payments in Turkey: FAST, QR and GEÇİT How Turkey's instant payment stack works: FAST, Easy Addressing (KOLAS), TR QR code and open banking via the ÖHVPS standard and BKM's GEÇİT gateway.
Payment and E-Money Licensing in Turkey: A Guide for Founders How Turkey licenses payment and e-money institutions under Law 6493: CBRT oversight, 2026 minimum equity, services (a)–(g), application steps and live counts.
Turkey Fintech Investment Landscape: Funding, Rounds, M&A, Investors Turkish fintech funding by source (KPMG+212, startups.watch), the largest rounds 2021–2025, notable M&A deals and the investors active in the market.
Turkey Fintech Market 2026: Overview in Numbers Turkey's fintech market in sourced numbers: card payments, FAST instant payments, licensed institutions, digital banking, e-commerce, crypto and funding.
Turkey Fintech Regulation Timeline 2013–2026 Key Turkish fintech rules from Law 6493 (2013) to 2026: CBRT oversight, open banking, crypto Law 7518, FAST limits, capital rules and the Digital Turkish Lira.

Data you can use (Turkish interface, open data)

License lookup — TCMB payment/e-money institutions, BDDK digital banks, SPK crowdfunding and crypto lists (65 regulation entries in our timeline).
Data center — card payments, FAST instant payments, e-commerce, crypto, investment totals.
Open data API — JSON datasets under CC BY 4.0, e.g. /api/v1/lisanslar.json.
Company directory and verified funding rounds.

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