Cuba will force any establishment to accept Mir cards, the authorities have developed amendments to expand data on Russians in a single database, Merlion has registered the brand of its own SSD drives and other news on March 19.
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- Cuba will force any establishment to accept Mir cards. To do this, it will be necessary to reprogram all POS terminals, writes TASS.
- Starting March 30, 2024, most banks in Armenia will stop accepting Mir cards. The VTB subsidiary will be an exception and will continue to work with Russian cards.
Russia
- The government has developed amendments to expand data on Russians into a single database. It was proposed to include socially significant information, data on residence permits abroad and fingerprints of immigrants in the document, RBC reports.
Finance
- The average income of self-employed people in Russia is 41.9 thousand rubles. In Moscow and the Moscow region it is slightly higher, and in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region it is lower.
Business
- In Russia, the number of sports franchise deals increased by 37% and partnership deals were closed by 14% more. Mainly regional investors are interested in the segment.
- Russian electronics supplier Merlion has registered a trademark for its own SSD drives, power supplies and computer cases. The components will be produced in China.
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