Sberbank launched acquisition service in Crimea and Sevastopol

In January the fact became known that the organization will work in Crimea and Sevastopol. The bank has formed a team and plans to provide its services and services within the next year.

Tariffs for acquiring services are published on the Sber website. For the developed regions, the same rates apply as for the other subjects of the country. They range from 1% to 2.5% of the purchase price. The percentage is affected by the category of goods or services, the organization’s turnover, and the method of receipt of payment.

“Bank client managers will visit corporate clients to provide services. In a first stage, the bank’s key products, including credit products, will be available to entrepreneurs,” said a representative of the organization.

Sberbank has refused to start work in Crimea and Sevastopol since the territories were annexed to the Russian Federation in 2014 because of the risk of falling under sanctions from Western countries that do not recognize Russian jurisdiction over the regions.

In 2017, the head of Sberbank, German Gref, said that the issue of starting work in Crimea “is a matter of the entire financial system of the country, the competitiveness of the country as a whole.”

In the spring of 2022, after the introduction of sanctions against Russia against the background of the entry of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Russian companies to start working on the peninsula.