Skip to main content
Discover what's not being covered
Published • loading... • Updated

Identity Verification Thresholds for Financial Transactions Have Been Raised.

Summary by ekonomim.com
With the decision published in the Official Gazette, the identity verification limit in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing has been increased to 370,000 Turkish Lira, and the transfer thresholds to 30,000 Turkish Lira. The regulation also eased the requirement for financial institutions to obtain a physical signature sample during SMS verifications conducted via mobile channels.
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

4 Articles

With the changes made to the MASAK (Financial Crimes Investigation Board) regulations, some monetary thresholds that financial institutions must comply with have been redefined. The limit for identity verification has been increased from 185,000 TL to 370,000 TL, and the threshold for electronic and crypto asset transfers has been increased from 15,000 TL to 30,000 TL. Here are the details...

Significant changes have been made to regulations aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. With the new regulation published in the Official Gazette, the threshold for identity verification in general transactions has been increased from 185,000 TL to 370,000 TL, while certain information and verification thresholds for electronic transfers and cryptocurrency transactions have been raised from 15,000 TL to 30,000 TL. New rul…

With the decision published in the Official Gazette, the identity verification limit in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing has been increased to 370,000 Turkish Lira, and the transfer thresholds to 30,000 Turkish Lira. The regulation also eased the requirement for financial institutions to obtain a physical signature sample during SMS verifications conducted via mobile channels.

As part of efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, monetary limits for identity verification have been raised, and new security requirements have been introduced for customer verification methods used by financial institutions on internet and mobile channels.

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

bloomberght.com broke the news on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal