Apple Pay and Google Pay to Become Unusable with Cards from Sanctioned Russian Banks
Customers of five sanctioned Russian banks will be unable to use their cards to pay with Apple Pay and Google Pay, the central Bank of Russia, said. The banks in question include banks under the VTB Group, Sovcombank, No...
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Customers of five sanctioned Russian banks will be unable to use their cards to pay with Apple Pay and Google Pay, the central Bank of Russia, said.
The banks in question include banks under the VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, and Otkritie, per the announcement. The banks have all been sanctioned by Western governments following Russia’s attack on Ukraine....
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