Aksakov: Crimea will resume payments by Visa and MasterCard with the launch of nvqs
The payment cards of international payment systems Visa and MasterCard, which ceased operations in the Crimea because of the punishment must be renewed on a Peninsula from April 1, with the full launch of the National payment card system (nvqs), said the Chairman of the Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation on financial market, the head of the Association of regional banks of Russia Anatoly Aksakov.
The two largest international payment systems Visa and MasterCard at the end of last year suspended the service of Bank cards in the Crimea because of the sanctions the United States.
Aksakov at a press conference on the last working day of the week said that by April 1 must be completed translation processing domestic remittances on the cards in the National system of payment cards. Currently transactions using payment systems Visa and MasterCard are processed in the United States, he explained.
"The Ukrainian card, American, German, Japanese, Chinese - they cannot be blocked, because the processing in Russia. Abroad have the opportunity to experience problems, but in Russia no questions will be, moreover, independently, in the Crimea or in Chukotka. All transactions will process our center, and America is watching even will not, " explained Aksakov.
according to him, now go test work on the launch of the Central processing of remittances.
As reported before, the Central Bank, the first Russian banks from January 30 began to treat domestic transactions for MasterCard through processing center nvqs.
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