What Was Webrazzi Fintech 2023?
Webrazzi Fintech 2023 was Turkey's premier annual conference on financial technology, held in Istanbul on 13 December 2023. Organized by Webrazzi — Turkey's most influential technology media platform, founded in 2006 by Arda Kutsal — the event gathered Turkey's leading fintech executives, banking leaders, blockchain entrepreneurs, regulators, and digital payment innovators for a full day of sessions, workshops, and professional development. Details sat on the official Webrazzi Fintech website. Istanbul — a city that bridges Europe and Asia and serves as a natural hub for Eurasian fintech flows — provided the ideal setting for exploring how modern financial technologies were reshaping banking across Turkey and the broader region.
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Key Themes and Event Highlights
Five core topics anchored the 2023 programme — each directly relevant to Turkey's unique position as a high-inflation, crypto-native economy with a rapidly modernizing banking sector.
Event Highlights
- Blockchain integration in banking: Sessions explored how Turkish banks — including İş Bankası (one of Turkey's largest) — were piloting blockchain for payments, trade finance, supply chain financing, and cross-border remittances. İş Bankası's Dijital Bankacılık team presented on their entrepreneurship and digital banking unit's blockchain initiatives.
- Digital payments: United Payment (Türkiye Ülke Müdürü Adem Aykın) and other payment infrastructure providers discussed how Turkey's real-time payment rails were evolving — including integration with SWIFT gpi for cross-border transactions.
- Regtech: Presentations on regulatory technology for financial compliance, KYC/AML automation, and BDDK (Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency) reporting requirements.
- Open banking: Turkey's BDDK has been developing an open banking framework. Sessions explored how APIs are enabling new fintech business models and what the banking sector needs to provide to support third-party access.
- Workshop tracks: Professional development sessions gave attendees hands-on education in financial technology implementation — a distinguishing feature of Webrazzi's approach compared to pure conference formats.
- Webrazzi platform: Webrazzi has operated Turkey's leading tech media since 2006, giving the Fintech event exceptional media reach across Turkey's entire technology and investment ecosystem.
How Blockchain and Crypto Are Growing in Turkey
Turkey has one of the world's highest cryptocurrency adoption rates — driven by persistently high inflation that erodes the Turkish lira (TRY) and makes Bitcoin, stablecoins (particularly USDT), and DeFi dollar yields highly attractive to Turkish savers. Turkey ranked in the global top 5 for crypto adoption by P2P trading volume. In April 2021, Turkey's central bank banned crypto as a direct payment method, but trading and investment remained legal. The CMB (Capital Markets Board) and BDDK regulate crypto in Turkey. Istanbul Blockchain Week is Turkey's largest annual blockchain event, and the country hosts numerous fintech and Web3 conferences. For more shows, see CoinGabbar's blockchain events hub.
Impact on Turkey's Fintech Ecosystem
Webrazzi Fintech occupies a unique position in Turkey's tech event calendar: it is the only fintech conference with the full backing of Turkey's largest tech media platform, giving it unmatched distribution and credibility with both Turkish financial institutions and international investors looking at the Turkish market.
Why Sponsors, Exhibitors and Projects Should Join
- Blockchain and payment infrastructure companies: Turkey's large and crypto-engaged population makes it one of the highest-ROI markets for financial technology deployment in Europe and the Middle East.
- Regtech and compliance platforms: Turkey's evolving crypto and open banking regulatory framework creates strong demand for compliant technology solutions.
- International fintech companies: Turkey's position at the junction of European and Asian markets makes Istanbul a strategic gateway for Eurasian fintech expansion.
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Why KOLs, Media and Influencers Attend
Webrazzi's established media platform gives its events exceptional pre- and post-event coverage in Turkish technology and business media. For fintech companies targeting the Turkish market, Webrazzi Fintech is the highest-reach launch pad available. Coverage can spread through the crypto press release network.
Why Finance Professionals and Participants Join
Turkish banking executives, fintech entrepreneurs, and digital payment professionals join Webrazzi Fintech for the combination of peer-level industry discussions, practical technology workshops, and the only annual moment where Turkey's entire fintech ecosystem gathers in one room.
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How the Event Concluded and What Came Next
Webrazzi Fintech 2023 closed on 13 December having brought Turkey's fintech community together at the end of a pivotal year for Turkish financial technology. The event returned annually, with Webrazzi Fintech 2024 on 11 December 2024 adding AI-driven financial applications to its core programme. Track upcoming shows on the crypto events calendar and our blockchain events page.
Glossary of Key Terms
- Webrazzi: Turkey's leading digital technology media platform, founded in 2006 by Arda Kutsal. It covers investment, entrepreneurship, and technology, and organizes Turkey's most influential annual tech events including Webrazzi Summit and Webrazzi Fintech.
- BDDK: Bankacılık Düzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu — the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, responsible for regulatory oversight of banks, payment systems, and increasingly crypto-adjacent financial services.
- Open banking: a regulatory framework requiring banks to provide third-party financial technology companies with secure API access to customer account data (with customer consent) — enabling new fintech products and services to be built on top of banking infrastructure.
- Regtech: regulatory technology — software and AI tools designed to help financial institutions comply with regulations more efficiently and at lower cost than manual processes.
- TRY (Turkish Lira): Turkey's national currency, which has faced severe inflationary pressure in recent years — a key driver of Turkey's exceptionally high cryptocurrency adoption as citizens seek dollar-denominated stores of value.
Disclaimer
This page is for general information only. It is not financial, legal, or investment advice. The event described was held in December 2023; future dates may differ. Verify with the official source and do your own research. Crypto assets are volatile.
