Cuban banks started accepting Mir cards

Some banks in Cuba began to accept cards from the Russian payment system Mir. The possibility of paying for goods and services is being introduced.

The emblem of the Mir system is displayed on ATMs of a number of banks. TASS. In these devices, it is possible to withdraw cash from Russian cards. Money is issued in Cuban pesos. Kur is about 1.5 pesos per 1 rub. excluding transaction fees. A TASS correspondent was told in several establishments that the possibility of paying with Russian cards will appear soon, after the equipment is set up.

The authorities have not yet officially announced the start of the Mir system. At the beginning of March, Tourism Advisor of the Embassy of Cuba in the Russian Federation, Christina Leon Iznaga spokethat the country is working to launch a payment system. According to Andrey Guskov, Russian Ambassador to Cuba, the work is close to completion.

The Mir payment system currently operates in some partner banks in Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, South Korea and South Ossetia. More than 15 countries have expressed readiness to implement it.

How Russians abroad get access to their funds – in the material “Kommersant” “Difficulties of translation”.

Leonid Uvarchev