Visa and MasterCard started working in Crimea
Customers of the international payment systems (IPS) Visa and MasterCard have the opportunity to use their cards in the territory of Crimea. As TASS reports, funds can be withdrawn through ATMs of the largest bank in the region, RNKB, which does not charge a commission for transactions with cards of third-party Russian banks.
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This opportunity arose after the National Payment Card System (NSCP) became operational.
At the end of March, NSPK CEO Vladimir Komlev stated that the problem with Visa and MasterCard acceptance in Crimea would be resolved after the launch of the NSPK. "If not by April 1st, then in the foreseeable future, we will find a way to make the situation in Crimea more understandable, so that there will be an improvement in the acceptance of international payment system cards," Kommersant quoted Komlev as saying.
According to him, the NSPK has several options for getting out of this situation. True, he did not specify what specific options he was talking about.
“We expect that the acceptance of Ministry of Railways cards will be carried out through the NSPK,” the RNKB told the publication at the same time.
Meanwhile, Russian media reported a five-hour outage in the NSPK network today. "The problem was caused by suboptimal intersystem settings on the channel equipment for external connections located outside the NSPK perimeter," the operator's press service told RBC .
On April 28, the media reported that citizens with Crimean registration cannot make currency transfers through the SWIFT system due to the refusal of foreign banks. This also happens in cases where the money goes not through Crimean, but through Moscow banks.
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