Two large Russian banks are planning to install their POS-terminals abroad for Mir cards, RBC reports.
They plan to start installation in Turkey and the UAE. Terminals will only work on accepting payments.
Which banks will be engaged in terminals, is not reported. First of all, public places appear: hotels and large enterprises.
Now banks are already protesting such transactions. Terminals of Russian banks abroad
one. The acquiring bank enters into an agreement with an intermediary, which may be a payment provider or an entrepreneur. The intermediary enters into a contract with a store or hotel and puts the bank’s POS terminal in it. When making payments, buyers are credited to the intermediary’s account, which is opened with the acquiring bank. The intermediary converts the received rubles into the desired currency and transfers them to the accounts. For such services, the intermediary may charge a commission on the sale
2. The hotel store draws up a power of attorney for the intermediary. The intermediary contacts the Russian acquiring bank, opens a German ruble account for a store or a hotel and concludes an agreement with the acquiring bank on its behalf, picks up POS terminals and installs them abroad
For intermediaries, there is a risk of being held liable for assisting in the acceptance of Mir cards, but so far there have been no such cases in practice. [РБК]
Source: Iphones RU
