Topic: Cards and payments infrastructureBIST

Embedded Finance

Integration of financial services into non-financial platforms.

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Why it matters

Embedded Finance matters because it changes how teams evaluate product risk, user experience, compliance exposure, and financial interpretation.

How it works

In practice, Embedded Finance is understood through its operational role, the systems it touches, and the market actors that depend on it.

Risks and pitfalls

The main pitfall is to use Embedded Finance as a buzzword without understanding the underlying controls, limits, and cross-border implications.

Regional notes

This concept appears across BIST, MOEX, GLOBAL contexts, but implementation can change with local regulation, payment rails, and institutional practice.

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Primary sources

Stripe

2026-03-15

Stripe: Payment tokenization 101

Used for payment tokenization, network token, and account updater context.

Stripe

2026-03-15

Stripe: Merchant of record

Primary source for merchant-of-record terminology.

Adyen

2026-03-15

Adyen: Payment methods glossary

Reference source for payments terminology clusters.

Author

Kağan Samet Durmuş

Founder and multilingual fintech glossary editor

Reviewer

FinTechTerms Editorial Review

Editorial and source review layer

Reviewed

3/15/2026