Further Economic Woes In Turkey Create Bitcoin Opportunities
Financial trouble continues to brew in Turkey, as the economy minister was not overly confident when discussing the situation in the country. The central bank is expected to continue cutting its lending rate. Now that PayPal has also left the scene in Turkey, Bitcoin can start gaining popularity in the region. Although many people in Turkey expected the country to see financial growth later this year, the current projects do not seem to agree. With more lending rate cuts by the Central Bank of Turkey on the horizon, things are looking bleaker than anticipated. If this were to happen, it....
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Would you believe it if someone tells you that the most advanced countries in the world are the ones that adopt new technologies sooner than the rest? If you did, then you might be wrong with a few things, especially mobile banking and Bitcoin adoption. Let's take Turkey for example. ING, the Dutch multinational banking and financial services company recently published a report titled "ING International Survey - The rise of mobile banking and the changing face of payments in the digital age" . The survey was conducted by ING along with Ipsos to understand the behavior of its existing and....
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PayPal has been forced to cease operations in Turkey. The shutdown will go into effect on June 6. Turkey recently denied PayPal of a new license, which is required to operate within the country. According to TechCrunch, the reason for the denial was that PayPal does not localize all of their IT infrastructure inside of Turkey. To get a clearer picture of what’s going on in Turkey, Bitcoin Magazine reached out to Emre Kenci, CTO and co-founder of BTCTrader, which owns and operates Turkish Bitcoin exchange BTCTurk. Will Other Online Payment Providers Leave Turkey? According to Kenci,....
Inflation has skyrocketed in Turkey as official figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (Tüik) show the country’s inflation rate topped 85.5% year-on-year. The inflation rate in Turkey has risen for 17 consecutive months and last month it reached a 24-year high. Turkey’s Interest Rate Remains Low, While Inflation Runs Rampant Turkey, the transcontinental country located in Western Asia has been suffering from financial hardship as the region’s economy is in dire straits. On Nov. 3, 2022, the Turkish Statistical Institute (Tüik) published the country’s official inflation rate....