Turkey’s BKM Interbank Card Center, which is a platform for Turkish payment systems development, has been selected to become a member of the Advisory Board of the Security Standards Council, reported Finextra. Members of the board play an integral role in improving card payment security systems in Turkey, as well as enforcing international standards.
BKM will become a representative for issuer and acquirer banks that are present in Turkey and operate in the payments industry. BKM is the first organization from Turkey to be accepted as a member of the Board of Advisors.
CEO of BKM, Soner Canko, commented, “It is exciting for BKM to take part in a global and strategic platform such as the Board of Advisors of the PCI Security Standards Council, as a representative of the Turkish Card Payment Sector. We are confident that with this membership, Turkey, which is one of Europe’s biggest credit and banking card markets, will contribute to the Board of Advisors and the development of security standards with its favorable experience in the transition to EMV and its successful performance in card payment security.”
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