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Hackers received access to the personal data of the 14 hotels entering the Trump Hotels network, including credit card details. According to the company's announcement, the cyber attack has hit the Saber Hospitality Solutions system, which is used by Trump Hotels, Nova TV reported.

The total value of online credit card payments in Turkey rose by 46 percent annually to 8.5 billion Turkish Liras (around $2.4 billion) in May, the country's Interbank Card Center (BKM) announced on June 20.        

Online payments accounted for 15 percent of total card payments in May, the BKM noted.        

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Moscow visit, brought a proposal that Turkey should build the infrastructure of the "Mir" payment system of Russia. Is this possible? This system was established in 2015 covering local credit card payments in the Russian ruble.

More than half of Turkey's teachers are fighting a debt burden, with one quarter doing extra work to make ends meet, according to a survey conducted by the teachers' union Eğitim-İş. 

Some 25 percent of the teachers are doing extra work and 60 percent of them are not hopeful for the future, the survey revealed. 

The use of credit cards in Bulgaria is becoming more widely spread, showed an analysis of one of the largest banks in Bulgaria.

Experts estimate a nearly 60% growth in the number of credit cards issued in 2015 and 2016, compared to 2014.

Nearly BGN 4 B have been spent with Bulgarian bank cards in 2015, showed the latest survey of a large card company.

The practice of paying income and property taxes to the state via credit card in nine or 12 monthly installments has been taken up by many more taxpayers in 2016, as they find themselves being required to pay more in tax every year.

Taxpayers can get rid of any paper receipts they have collected so far this year, according to statements by Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis on Friday.

A 39-year-old Albanian national was arrested in central Athens on Saturday over charges of allegedly using hacked credit card details to make purchases on the Internet.

The suspect was detained at a store while collecting a mobile phone he had purchased.

Ankara has announced a number of new measures on credit cards and loans in an attempt to ease the strain on consumers and stimulate economic activity. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said late on Sept. 21 that credit card payment installment limits had been increased from nine to 12, while restrictions on food, telecommunications and fuel purchases would continue.