2026-06-01
The Central Bank establishes updated service and interchange fee ceilings for transactions processed through the Instant Payments System, effective 1 May 2026. The regulation specifies percentage-based and fixed AZN tariffs across diverse transaction categories, including point-of-sale purchases, e-commerce, utility payments, and cash-out operations. It further delineates payer-receiver allocations among issuers, acquirers, intermediaries, and mobile operators to standardize cost distribution across payment system participants.
Service fees charged on the Instant Payments System (from 1 May 2026 onward) № Type of transactions Tariffs Payer Receiver
1.1.10. Encashment operations 0.01% of transaction amount, min 0.01 AZN – max 4 AZN Issuer Central Bank 1.1.11. Transactions involving credits to an account 0.01% of transaction amount, min 0.01 AZN – max 4 AZN Acquirer Central Bank 1.1.12. Request for a copy of a payment order AZN0.20 per request Requesting participant Central Bank 1.1.13. Request for a copy of report on payments made over an operation day for a selected date AZN5 per request Requesting participant Central Bank 1.2. Tariffs charged on dispute settling 1.2.1. Request to initiate a disputable case 0 - - 1.2.2. Request to reverse payment within the disputable case AZN2 per request Issuer Central Bank 1.2.3. Refusal to request to reverse payment within the disputable case 0 - - 1.2.4. Transition to pre-arbitrage procedure 0 - - 1.2.5. Arbitrage AZN250 per procedure Participant subject to a financial obligation under a committee decision Central Bank 1.2.6. Transition to pre-compliance procedure 0 - - 1.2.7. Compliance with requirements AZN250 per procedure Participant subject to financial obligation under a committee decision Central Bank
3.4. Payments made outside the GPP in favor of budget organizations 0 - - 3.5. Payments made on points of sale 3.5.1. Payments on large and small sized markets 1.25% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.5.2. Drug store payments 1.25% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.5.3. Transport payments 0.20% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.5.4. Payments at gas stations 0.75% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.5.5. Payments on other segments (catering, travelling and entertainment, healthcare facilities, air transportation, sale of garments etc.) 1.50% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.6. Payments made on betting games and sale of lotteries 1.50% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.7. Payments at e-commerce resources 1.30% of the amount Acquirer Issuer 3.8. Cash-out 3.8.1. via ATMs 0,50% of the amount Issuer Acquirer 3.8.2. at branches 0,50% of the amount, min AZN1 Issuer Acquirer 3.8.3. at merchants 0,50% of the amount, min AZN1 Issuer Acquirer 3.9. Transactions involving credits to an account 0 - -