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İş Bankası

Bank acquirer · Issuer

TürkiyeTürkiyeFounded 1924
€7.0bnMarket cap · as of 1 Jun 2026 · isyatirim.com.tr
Revenue
TRY 150.5Bas of 2026-06
Employees
20,719
Headquarters
Istanbul, TR

What it does

Türkiye's first national bank, which contracts merchants in its own name: a member business signs with the bank to take Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, UnionPay and Troy cards on its fiscal, instant, virtual and e-commerce POS products, with 24/7 merchant support.

Deals

  • Aug 2023·sold Birleşik Ödeme Hizmetleri ve Elektronik Para A.Ş. (United Payment) — İşbank disclosed on 23 Aug 2023 that it would negotiate a merger of Moka with Birleşik Ödeme under joint management; the Competition Authority approved it in April 2024 and the merger was registered on 28 Mar 2025, creating Moka United. İşbank lost control of Moka and now accounts for Moka United as a jointly controlled entity.
  • Jul 2020·acquired Moka Ödeme Kuruluşu A.Ş. (Moka) — İşbank's board authorised the purchase of all shares of Moka, a payment institution, for USD 3.8 million on 27 Jul 2020, and the shares passed to the bank on 5 Jan 2021 after central bank approval. Moka later added an e-money licence and by 2024 ranked fourth among Turkish payment institutions by POS volume.
1tracked executive
Who runs it

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