Tele2 Russia announced yesterday the launch of Mobilny platezh (“Mobile payment”), which allows its subscribers to make payments from bank accounts with Visa, Mastercard, JCB International, or Diners Club cards.
Last week, payment terminal operator Qiwi announced that its users can now transfer money from their Qiwi electronic wallets – named Qiwi Koshelek – to Mastercard and Maestro cards accounts issued by banks from Russia and 24 other countries, primarily in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.
New Federal legislation on payment systems was adopted by the Russian Duma on June 14 and signed into law by President Medvedev on June 27. The new law establishes the legal and organizational foundation for the country’s payment system and regulates the procedure for rendering payment services. The law recognizes four types of players who …
Russia’s national telecommunication operator Rostelecom inked an agreement earlier this month with Sitronics, the country’s largest producer of microelectronic devices, to produce microchips containing the electronic signatures of Russian citizens. These microchips are to be integrated to conventional banking cards, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Pavel Vrublevsky, the founder and main owner of electronic payment company ChronoPay, was arrested last Thursday, being suspected of having organized a cyber attack on the website of Assist, a competitor ChronoPay, in an attempt to block payment transactions with the Aeroflot website.
VimpelCom, a major Russian mobile operator working under the Beeline brand, announced this week the creation of a new payment system named Ruru. The Ruru payment system, now accessible via the euphoniously named website Ruru.ru and on mobile devices using an Android application, allows users to pay for mobile phone or Internet accounts, train tickets …
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Cyberplat announced yesterday that Visa cardholders in Russia can now replenish their bank accounts using Cyberplat’s cash payment terminals and ATMs. Cyberplat, a competitor of Qiwi, has the second largest payment teminal network in Russia and some of the other former Soviet republics, with over 480,000 machines. In order to replenish their account, users just …
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Starting from last week, the users of select online gaming services provided by Mail.ru Group, a leading Russian Internet player, are no longer able to replenish their accounts through the Yandex.Dengi payment system owned by Mail.ru Group’s local archrival Yandex. The group has reduced the number of services for which it will accept payment through …
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As of June 1, VimpelCom, a leading mobile operator in Russia under the Beeline brand, will begin testing their wireless payment system, developed by Ambiq Technologies, in the St. Petersburg subway system. The mobile phone add-on was unveiled two months ago by Ambiq Tech St. Petersburg, the Russian branch of American company Ambiq Technologies.
PayPal, the leading international online payment company, has according to unnamed sources taken “the strategic decision” to enter the Russian market, reported RBC Daily. The business daily also reported—and PayPal confirmed to EWDN—that PayPal is holding discussions with MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon, Russia’s leading mobile operators.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, announced last Friday the launch of co-branded MasterCard credit cards under the name of MTS Dengi (“MTS Money” in Russian). The cards are being issued by the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (MBRD).
Ambiq Tech St. Petersburg, the Russian branch of American company Ambiq Technologies, yesterday unveiled a mobile phone add-on for Russian customers. Based on Near Field Communication technology, a short-range wireless connectivity standard, the insert allows customers to use their phone as a discount card or a payment instrument linked to their bank account.
