TASHKENT, July 24 Three Uzbek banks — Halk-bank, Ipoteka-bank and Turon-bank — have suspended the service of the Unistream money transfer system, it is said on Monday in the messages of credit institutions.
On July 20, the United States and Canada imposed sanctions against Tinkoff Bank, and Loko-Bank, Solidarity Bank, St. Petersburg Social Commercial Bank (PSKB), Unistream Bank and other legal entities also fell under US blocking sanctions. After that, Tinkoff announced that its Union Pay cards would stop working abroad on July 21, recommended that customers abroad withdraw cash. At the same time, Solidarity Bank, despite being included in the sanctions list, continues to issue and service Union Pay cards in the regular mode. nistream» has developed a solution for uninterrupted work with partners'>
Ipoteka-Bank informs … that the Unistream international money transfer has been temporarily suspended,» the bank's telegram channel said. The bank's press service clarified that information on the resumption of the Unistream system «will be provided additionally.»
The press service of the Uzbek «Kapitalbank» announced the suspension from July 25 of work with three money transfer systems at once — «Unistream», «Contact» and «Zolotaya Korona». This decision was made «due to an increase in the number of dubious transactions, as well as transactions that, by their characteristics, do not correspond to transfers for personal purposes,» the bank's telegram channel indicates.
The press service of the Uzbek Turon Bank also announced a temporary suspension of work with the Unistream system «due to ongoing technical adjustments.»
Two more banks of Uzbekistan — Kapitalbank and Ipak Yuli Bank — have not been working with Unistream since 2022.
The Armenian bank — Inecobank — announced on Monday that the Unistream fast money transfer system is unavailable.
transfers via Moneygram, Intel Express systems,» Inecobank's website says.
Earlier, two Armenian banks — Ardshinbank and Converse Bank — announced the termination of Unistream money transfer system services. In Kazakhstan, the national postal operator Kazpost has suspended work with Unistream since July 21, transfers of this system are no longer available for clients of the Kazakhstani Freedom bank. -title=»UnionPay Tinkoff cards will stop working abroad on July 21″>