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&sq=&lang=&file=File:National_payment_card_system_Moscow.jpg) Mir headquarters in Moscow | |
| Company type | PJSC |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | 11A Bolshaya Tatarskaya str., , |
Area served | Russia |
| Products | Debit cards, credit cards, payment systems |
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| Parent | PJSC NSPK (100% owned by the Central Bank of Russia) |
| Website | vamprivet |
Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: [ˈmʲir]; lit. 'the world' or 'peace') is a Russian card payment system for electronic fund transfers established by the Central Bank of Russia under a law adopted on 1 May 2017.[1] The system was developed by Belgian digital payments company OpenWay and is operated by the Russian National Card Payment System, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Central Bank of Russia.[2] Mir does not itself issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers; rather, Mir provides financial institutions with Mir-branded payment products that they use to offer credit, debit, or other programs to their customers. The development and implementation of Mir was spurred by the imposition of international sanctions against Russia in 2014[3] to circumnavigate the reliance on the likes of Visa and Mastercard, which were blocked in Russia at the time. Mir created its own digital wallet for contactless payments.
- ^ "Путин подписал закон об обязательном переводе бюджетников на карты "Мир"". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ^ "The Bank of Russia issues warning over Mir payment cards". Russia Beyond The Headlines. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Ogurtsova, Yevgeniya (11 July 2016). "McDonald's first U.S. business to accept Russia's new Mir payment card". United Press International. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.