Vigen Enokyan, head of the Armenian representative office of the Russian Export Center, said that banks’ refusal to provide services to Mir payment system cards will not affect Russian-Armenian trade in any way. His words guide the way TASS.
“The deactivation of the World card in Armenia will create a certain social unrest among tourists and the public. “However, this will not affect participants in foreign economic activity related to bank payments within the framework of export-import operations,” he is confident.
Yenokyan explained that businesses, as a rule, use other means for cross-border payments: corporate accounts, international bank transfers and other services.
Armenian banks participating in the national payment system Armenian Card as of March 30, stopped Service to Mir cards due to fear of falling into US sanctions.
Previous operations with Mir stopped major Kazakh bank.