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    Sperrung für Russland: Visa- und Mastercard-Karten werden in Russland nach dem 1. Januar eingestellt

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    3. BobGuns on

      It took VISA/Mastercard longer to cut off Russia than it took them to cut off porn games. Huh.

    7. jtpredator on

      I’m not too clear on the Russian economy and financial institutions there. But do the Russians even use those services? Or do they have their own brand of cards or something

    8. a7m0sf3ar on

      Was thinking aswell; what? they still allow those in russia. Makes me wanna change my payment card…

    9. john_the_quain on

      And they did it for the right reasons! Not because it made the most financial sense for them to do so. Profits be damned!

      lol. not really.

    11. ZeroKarma6250 on

      Ukraine needs to bomb the banks datacenters in Russia. Simple yet effective way of disabling the economy.

    12. anakaine on

      I have to wonder if this will create an opportunity for a BRICS based payment service to fill the void. Given the players involved, it obviously wont be as easy as using a visa or mastercard, but could still be reasonably convenient for their citizens. 

    13. What_Is_This_1 on

      I’m guessing that most Russians probably already use something else so it’s really just a publicity deal and really doesn’t mean much

    15. Aobachi on

      Are Visa and Mastercard really two distinct companies? They keep doing things at the same time.

    16. Count-per-minute on

      BRICS will certainly fill the void with quicker posting and faster transactions.

    17. Raj_Valiant3011 on

      So much for all the rhetoric involving sidelining them through global financial systems two years ago.

    28. AlternativeMotor5722 on

      OOOOO that will teach them. when are we going to get serious about sanctioning Russia.

    30. almarcTheSun on

      Literally no one read the article. Actual visa and Mastercard haven’t worked for a day since 2022. Inside Russia, they used the physical cards and replaced the backend with their own payment system, so practically they are MIR cards just with the Visa/Mastercard logo on them. They did this so that users don’t have to replace their cards en-masse.

    31. _TeaWrecks_ on

      MasterCard suspended all network service in Russia in March 2022, as well as terminating licenses for all Russian customers and blocking their ICAs/BINs/RTNs.

      The article seems to state this NSPK system was continuing to process domestic transactions on the plastic cards.

      Banks are the ones who issue the cards, not MasterCard itself. They’re just the payment network connecting it all together. It seems Russia just put their own payment network in place and kept using the same PAN. This is why the article states people visiting Russia wouldn’t be able to use their MasterCard, because the actual network and the international card issuers blocked it all.

      Now that the security certificates on the chips, etc. are expiring, they can no longer use them without risk of fraud.

      Source: I work in FinTech.

    32. Dishpenzor on

      Visa and mastercard have not worked for years now, not sure what this is even supposed to mean?

    35. shhhhh-Im_Not_Here on

      The fact this is somehow news even though they implemented their own internal payment system which they’ve been using for years, they’ve done this when it will have no affect at all lmao

    36. TychusFondly on

      Every able Russian get a CC from former Soviet states thus all is well for online thus it doesnt mean isolation.

    40. woohooguy on

      The noose tightens.

      The reason Russia has been taunting NATO countries for a response is because it’s economy is about to collapse, and it needs to blame that collapse on a military response from the west.

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