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Turkmenistan suspends online payments via VISA, MasterCard

Turkmenistan Materials 29 March 2017 17:46 (UTC +04:00)

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Mar. 29

By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:

Payments via the Internet via international bank cards have been temporarily suspended in Turkmenistan due to the modernization of the card system, said a message from the country’s State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank).

In connection with the abovementioned situation, the receipt of applications for the provision of services “settlements via the Internet” via the VISA, MasterCard cards is temporarily suspended.

The country’s Central Bank said in February 2017 that the number of issued bank cards of these international payment systems is growing in Turkmenistan that allows making payments for the education of young people abroad and paying personal expenses.

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