Russians can’t always pay for goods in foreign online stores using UnionPay.
After the departure of Visa and Mastercard payment systems from Russia, some bank customers issued UnionPay cards to make purchases in foreign online stores.
However, it turned out that payments from these cards often do not go through despite the application of some sites for UnionPay support.
According to iguides.ru payments from these cards may be rejected without explanation.
At the same time, the cost of issuing or servicing a UnionPay card in Russia is more expensive than the usual systems.
For example, issuing such a card in some banks costs 15,000 rubles.
According to experts, problems with payment via UnionPay can be provoked by a number of reasons.
For example, this is possible if the card was issued by a sanctioned bank.
At the same time, the services responsible for making payments (for example, Stripe) can reject payments from any cards from Russia, despite the fact that UnionPay is a Chinese payment system.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Visa and Mastercard announced that they were suspending work in Russia.
Against this background, the journalists explained what would happen to the cards now.