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ARTICLE · 26 FEBRUARY 2020

Monthly Bulletin November-December, 2019

Turkey's Central Bank has decreased discount interest rates for commercial papers with expiry periods of three months or more.

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I. Announcements

Postponement of the Deadline for Registration to VERBIS

With the decision numbered 2019/387, the Personal Data Protection Board decided to postpone the period determined to fulfill the Data Controllers Registry Information System (VERBIS) registration obligation until 30.06.2020 for the data officers in the first group and 30.09.2020 for the data officers in the second group. Data controllers in the first group are: i) Those who have an annual number of employees more than 50 or an annual financial balance total of more than 25 million TL, ii) are real and legal persons residing abroad.

Rediscount and Advance Interest Rates Has Been Decreased

Turkey's Central Bank has decreased discount interest rates for commercial papers with expiry periods of three months or more. The revised rates are 12.75% for rediscount transactions and 13.75% for advance transactions. The previous rates were 17.25% for rediscount transactions and 18.25% for advance

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