Available in Turkish, English | Website www.cepteteb.com.tr | |
Initial release September 25, 2008 (as a mobile application)
March 2015 (as a digital banking platform) Operating system Platform Mobile phone · Apple Watch · Google Glass · Samsung Gear 2 · Samsung Gear 2 Neo | ||
CEPTETEB is a digital banking platform of Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB). It was released on September 25, 2008 as a mobile application which allowed users to carry out their mobile banking procedures and was renewed in March 2015, and by starting to serve with Internet branch, mobile application, TEB ATM's and support center it became the digital banking platform of TEB. Currently CEPTETEB, allows users to create a bank account, buy and sell stock certificates, investment funds and currency, money transfer, pay bills and taxes, load Turkish lira recharge, paying bank and credit debts, making contactless payment via CEPTETEB Credit Card or Mobile Wallet feature of CEPTETEB application, without demanding any process fees. Because of the money savings that comes from the lack of branch expenses, several special offers between CEPTETEB and various companies and organisations are available for customers.
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Mobile application era (2008-2015)
Mobile banking services of Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB) were collected under the name of CEPTETEB and released as an iOS compatible mobile application in Turkey on September 25, 2008. With the application, TEB became the first bank to develop an iPhone compatible mobile banking application in the country. It was introduced during CeBIT Bilişim Eurasia in October 2008. In July 2008, the project was awarded two gold medals in the BNP Paribas Innovation Awards, one in the "Process Performance" category and the other one in the "Product and Services" category. In 2009, the application was extended and made available for the buying and selling of stock certificates, investment funds and currency. In 2010, an expansion called Cep PratikŞifre was created which allowed users to generate a single use password to access their CEPTETEB accounts. An Android compatible version of the application was released in 2011. Another expansion was made in October 2012 and withdrawing from ATM's without a credit card through the use of QR code, entering personal identification number by drawing and following market data and other related activities became available. Developed by Pozitron, a Google Glass compatible version of the application was announced on November 2013; while Samsung Gear 2 and Samsung Gear 2 Neo compatible versions were released after the announcement on April 2014. In 2014, iBeacon was integrated to the app and that informed any user about current special offers with instant notifications, when passing near a store that has a collaboration with iBeacon. By releasing another expansion in the same year, paying with using QR code on online shopping became available.
Digital banking platform era (2015-present)
With an update that was announced on January 2015 and was released at the end of March, CEPTeTEB was transformed into the digital banking platform of TEB. After this renovation, CEPTETEB exclusive bank cards and credit cards were released and it was announced that the first 50 thousand members of CEPTETEB were going to get them for free. CEPTETEB Consumer Loan and CEPTETEB Account were introduced which allows customers to make a loan application via mobile phones, and create an online bank account without paying any charge, respectively. On March 2015, it was announced that an Apple Watch compatible application will be released. At the same time, contactless payment became available for CEPTETEB Credit Card and Mobile Wallet feature of CEPTETEB mobile application. Cooperations with Yemeksepeti.com, Markafoni, İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri and TAV, CEPTETEB has several special offers for its customers. By the end of 2015, CEPTETEB had more than 250 thousand customers.