![]() ![]() The chat support of Genbank website confirmed that:Ī local resident says that QIWI is a popular means of money transfers among people in Crimea. However, local people in Crimea say that they undergo an identification process in any office of sanctioned Genbank. QIWI website and QIWI support agents say that identification in Crimea is impossible. Professional, which is granted after identification in one of QIWI offices or offices of QIWI partners it allows a maximum balance of 600000 roubles and unlimited money transfers.Basic, which is granted after inputting passport data it allows a maximum balance of 60000 roubles and money transfers totaling up to 200000 roubles per month.Minimal, which is granted immediately after registration it allows a maximum balance of 15000 roubles and money transfers totaling up to 40000 roubles per month.There are three identification statuses in QIWI: The area code "978" is exclusive to Crimea, and QIWI allows all kinds of operations for wallets that are linked to phone numbers which start with this area code - within a corresponding wallet status.īut more surprisingly, QIWI partnered with sanctioned Genbank to identify wallet users in Crimea. QIWI partnered with a sanctioned Russian bank to identify usersĭespite the risk of sanctions, QIWI allows residents of Crimea to register with just their phone number. However, MIR cards don't function anywhere outside Russia. Local banks only issue credit/debit cards that work with the Russian MIR payment system. QIWI is the only way for people who live in Crimea to get a Visa card. Unlike QIWI, another e-wallet provider Yandex.Money (NYSE: YNDX) card application website form does not allow proceeding after filling out a Crimean postal code. Russian Rocket tried to fill out this application:Īnd was able to proceed all the way to the payment for Visa card issuance Source: user experience told on Russian Reddit analog - the link to the post is here On average, a VISA card arrives at the indicated address in Crimea within two weeks. When filling out the application on QIWI website, users input any other region of Russia into the "Region" field, and fill all other information, including postal code, for their location in Crimea. At first look, QIWI website is designed to prevent issuing VISA cards to people in Crimea: both Crimean Republic and Sevastopol are not in the drop-down list of regions when filling out a VISA card application. QIWI is not supposed to send VISA cards to people who live in Crimea. QIWI wallet then may be used for transferring money between users, payments for services and making money transfers to any financial institution in Russia. In Crimea, QIWI terminals are primarily used to top up QIWI wallets with cash. The appearance of QIWI terminals in Crimea is no different from other regions of Russia, and the same choice of operations is available to users. Russian Rocket's friend traveled to Crimea and confirms that QIWI terminals function both in Simferopol and Sevastopol and are rather popular among locals because there are no other options for e-wallets. Some terminals have been recently reviewed by the users, and the phone number indicated belongs to QIWI support: However, a search on Yandex.Maps discovers that at least 21 QIWI terminal functions in Crimea: QIWI official website suggests that there are no QIWI terminals in Crimea: Russian Rocket decided to investigate QIWI Crimean operations. The breach of the sanctions regime may result in direct sanctions against QIWI and the entities who control the company, as well as the discontinuation of partnership with Visa. QIWI users undergo the process of identification in branches of Genbank, which is under the US Sanctions.The company delivers Visa (NYSE: V) cards to Crimea bypassing the sanctions.However, a Telegram channel in Russia has recently reported that QIWI (NASDAQ: NASDAQ: QIWI) operates in Crimea in three ways: No Russian public bank, mobile operator or oil company operates in Crimea because of the fear of sanctions. ![]()
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