Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency – Bankacılık Düzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu (BDDK) – has taken additional measures against the illegal provision of gambling services in the country, local news outlet Hurriyet Daily News reported on Thursday.
The regulator placed a limit on the maximum amount of money an individual can transfer to mobile phone numbers per day to just TRY500 (approximately $129). The Hurriyet pointed out that transactions of this kind are frequently preferred over bank account transfers.
Under the new rules introduced by the BDDK, senders will be required to present their ID numbers in order to be able to complete the transactions. What is more, individuals will be limited to just two mobile transfers per day. Passwords that are sent to receivers in order to be able to collect their money will be valid throughout a single day.
As mentioned above, the newly introduced measures come as part of Turkey’s crackdown on illegal gambling. Aside from the BDDK, the Banking Association of Turkey (TBB) and the Financial Crime Investigation Board (MASAK) are also participating in the initiative against unauthorized gaming and betting operations.
The three institutions introduced this past spring a new system for collecting more extensive data and for tracking any suspicious transactions.
Bank accounts linked to illegal gambling websites were previously blocked by MASAK, but it was understood that gambling operators were using mobile transactions to circumvent existing rules.
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