More than a third of Russians decided to issue a UnionPay card to pay for foreign purchases

Due to the actions of the Russian authorities in Ukraine, the Visa and Mastercard payment systems stopped conducting transactions on

cards issued by Russian banks. This primarily affected purchases abroad. In order not to lose the opportunity to carry them out, Russians began to issue Mir - UnionPay cards. Discuss

According to the SuperJob service, after the Visa banand Mastercard, 35% of Russians expressed their readiness to issue a card that will be able to be used abroad and to pay for purchases in foreign online stores.

The survey showed that 35% of Russians plan to issueMir-UnionPay card with the ability to pay for goods and services in 180 countries of the world. 37% of respondents said they would not need such a card. 28% found it difficult to answer the question. Most of all, those who want to get a card are among Russians with an income of 80 thousand rubles a month (44%).

Source: SuperJob