MOSCOW, April 2 The operator of the national payment system of Kyrgyzstan Elkart will stop processing Mir bank cards from April 5, the Kyrgyz company reported .
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"On February 23, 2024, OFAC imposed sanctions against JSC National Payment Card System, the card operator of the Mir payment system. In order to minimize the risk of secondary sanctions, CJSC Interbank Processing Center as a guarantor of the uninterrupted operation of the national payment system «Elkart» informs about the cessation of service from April 5, 2024 for Mir bank cards. in its infrastructure due to the termination of relations with NSPC JSC, the operator clarified.
Service of Elkart cards in the Mir network will also cease.
Mir cards began to be accepted in Kyrgyzstan in 2019 with the start of integration of the Russian system with the Kyrgyz Elcard; the process ended in 2022. Currently, 21 banks of the republic participate in the system out of 23 that operated in the country at the end of January this year.
In February, the American Ministry of Finance announced a new large package of anti-Russian sanctions that affected 500 individuals and companies. Among them was the National Payment Card System — the Mir card operator.
As stated in the NSPK press service, the Mir system on its side does not limit work with foreign partners, but the decision to accept Mir cards In the network of their devices, banks from other countries accept on their own.