mo4ch:>Turkey embraces Russia’s national payment system credit card Mir | Mo4ch News

The largest banking chain in Turkey, along with the country’s 10,000 online retailers, have started accepting Russia’s Mir cards, according to the CEO of Russia’s national payment system (NSPK), Vladimir Komlev.“We would like to announce that today is a great day. Mir cards are now accepted in Turkey. Yesterday, the testing was finalized,” the executive said, noting that the banking giant Is Bankasi has over 6,500 ATMs across Turkey and operates the country’s biggest acquiring network. An acquiring institution processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.Also on rt.comMajor Russian bank ready to shut off Visa & Mastercard, halves dollar holdingsThe Russian national charge card will be accepted in more than 40,000 trade outlets all over Turkey. Komlev added that the operator of Mir is currently integrating the cards with one of Turkey’s oldest lenders, Ziraat Bank.According to the CEO, the Mir payment system had initially tried to cooperate with Google Pay and Ap…