📱 2022-03-25 21:41:34 – Paris/France.
Apple this week suspended its Apple Pay service for the Mir card payment system in Russia, closing a loophole that had allowed Russians to continue using the Apple Pay service.
According to ReuterMir had remained signed in to Apple Pay even after Apple restricted use of the payment service in Russia on March 1 for Mastercard and Visa cardholders.
Russia's national card payment system said Thursday that access to Mir has been removed and that Mir cards will no longer work with Apple Pay in the coming days.
“Apple has informed NSPK that it is suspending support for Mir cards in the Apple Pay payment service. Starting March 24, users will no longer be able to add new Mir cards to the service. Apple will halt all operations of previously added cards over the next few days,” NSPK said Friday.
Apple Pay support was launched for the Mir payment system in July 2021. Mir is Russia's national payment system, with 150 banks issuing Mir cards.
On March 1, Apple ended access to Apple Pay in Russia and also halted all product sales in the country. iTunes and App Store purchases were reportedly halted on March 10.
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