Turkey's state-owned banks carry out transactions with the Mir payment system

Turkey's state-owned banks carry out transactions with the Mir payment system


The press services of the Turkish state banks VakfBank and Halkbank stated that there are no obstacles in conducting financial transactions with the Mir payment system. The representatives of the companies informed "RIA News". The banks said they did not receive notification from the Turkish authorities to suspend the acceptance of Russian cards, while Halkbank noted that they were waiting for such a notification today, September 29. Earlier, the Turkish media reported that all banks refused these cards, they should soon develop an alternative payment system.

Yesterday, September 28, the NTV channel and the Aydinlik newspaper reported that the three state-owned banks of Turkey, Ziraat Bank, Vakifbank and Halkbank, do not conduct transactions with Mir cards. According to the publication, details about the development of an alternative payment system will be known in a day or two.

Earlier, due to the possible imposition of US sanctions on the payment system, Turkish banks Is Bankasi and DenizBank stopped servicing Mir cards. Later, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the development of a Russian-Turkish payment system.

Read more about the situation with Russian cards in the material "Kommersant" "From the" World "on a string".

Polina Sobakina



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