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Iran's sanctions-avoiding efforts involve two UK banks

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 05 Feb 2024

The Financial Times has obtained documents that showcase Iran’s efforts to evade sanctions by using accounts at two of the UK’s largest banks.

banks, financial sanctions, regulation, compliance

Iran and Russia link their banks in new deal

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 30 Jan 2023

The central banks of Russian and Iran have signed a deal to connect national interbank communication and transfer systems to spur trade and facilitate transactions.

online banking, mobile banking, money transfer, central bank, payments infrastructure

Russia's VTB Bank targeted by a DDoS attack

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 07 Dec 2022

Russia-based VTB Bank has suffered the largest cyber-attack in its history and is having technical difficulties as a result.

hacking, banks, online security, data breaches

Russia, India to create RuPay – Mir connectivity

News | Online Payments | 24 Aug 2022

The Russian and Indian Governments have gotten closer to an agreement to have cards based on Russia’s Mir payment system be accepted at ATMs and POS in India.

Russia Ukraine War, financial sanctions, UPI, cross-border payments

UnionPay expands Russian penetration through MKB and DOM.FR

News | Cards | 01 Aug 2022

Credit Bank of Moscow - MKB and Bank DOM.FR have announced that they are preparing to issue UnionPay cards starting with Q1 2023.

credit card, expansion, Issuer, financial sanctions, card scheme

The Paypers' full analysis of the Russian financial sanctions: EU and US measures, SWIFT ban, economic and commercial outcomes

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 11 Mar 2022

The Paypers has compiled thorough research on the financial sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation in the last two weeks. We aimed to help create a clearer picture of the complex economic machinations that the global payments, banking, and ecommerce ecosystems are faced with

Russia Ukraine War, European Commission, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, central bank, financial sanctions

EU to exclude seven Russian banks from SWIFT

News | Payments General | 02 Mar 2022

European Union ambassadors have agreed to exclude seven Russian banks from the SWIFT system, but spared Sberbank and a bank part-owned by Russian Gazprom. 

regulation, banks, SWIFT, Russia Ukraine War, financial institutions

Visa and Mastercard block Russian financial institutions

News | Payments General | 01 Mar 2022

Global payment processors and card issuers Visa and Mastercard have blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their network, in compliance with the US government sanctions imposed over the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Russia Ukraine War, central bank, Visa, MasterCard, credit card, SWIFT, Swift messages, cross-border payments, regulation

Reuters: Russia-based Sberbank faces closure in Europe

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 28 Feb 2022

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that the European arm of Sberbank faces failure, after a run on its deposits sparked by the backlash from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters states.

Russia Ukraine War, central bank, ECB, Sberbank, SWIFT, regulation

Russia anticipates not to be cut off from SWIFT system

News | Payments General | 21 Dec 2021

Washington and other Western capitals have warned Moscow of strong economic repercussions if Russia invades Ukraine and cutting Russia off from SWIFT.

SWIFT, banks, financial services

VTB develops AI system to speed up customer requests

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 21 Dec 2021

VTB has developed a system that will improve the recognition of text requests from customers when contacting the bank through a chatbot.

artificial intelligence, banks, product upgrade

VTB and Wildberries launch VTB Pay

News | Mobile Payments | 08 Dec 2021

VTB and Wildberries have launched a new payment service system, VTB Pay.

retail, banks, mobile payments

VTB introduces QR code transfers

News | Online Payments | 19 Nov 2021

VTB Online has introduced the option of free money transfers using a personal QR code.

banks, QR payments, digitalisation, money transfer

VTB launches digital business ecosystem

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 22 Oct 2021

Russia-based VTB has launched an ecosystem of digital products and online services for doing business with foreign partners on a turnkey basis.

digital banking, online banking, settlement, cross-border payments

VTB and Moscow metro test ride payments using Face Pay

News | Mobile Payments | 13 Sep 2021

VTB, a Russia-based bank, has announced a plan to launch a joint project with Moscow metro to pay for metro rides using biometric data at all metro stations in October 2021.

mobile payments, biometrics, partnership

VTB begins issuing children's bank cards

News | Cards | 23 Aug 2021

VTB Bank has offered customers the opportunity to issue debit cards for children from 6 years old.

banking, debit card, banks, product launch

Mir cardholders can now use Apple Pay

News | Mobile Payments | 20 Jul 2021

The Mir payment system has announced that holders of Mir cards can now use Apple Pay.

Apple Pay, online payments, mobile payments

VTB and Visa launch a service for 'paying with a glance'

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 24 Jun 2021

VTB and Visa have launched a service to pay for orders in the network of culinary shops based in Russia (KiO Kitchen) without using a smartphone or card.

partnership, Visa, biometrics, digitalisation

VTB introduces qualified electronic signature

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 14 Jun 2021

VTB Bank has entered into an agreement with the Federal Tax Service of Russia to introduce a service for providing a qualified electronic signature (QES) via a physical medium.

banks, partnership, e-invoicing, financial institutions

VTB to achieve its digital transformation by the end of Q1 2022

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 Apr 2021

VTB has announced that its digital transformation strategy will be achieved by the end of Q1 2022. 

banks, digital banking