Apple Pay suspends service for Russia’s Mir card payment system, closing loophole

Apple has suspended its Apple Pay service for Russia’s Mir card payment system, Russia’s largest lender and payments system said on Friday, closing a loophole that had allowed Russians to keep using the service.Apple has informed Sberbank that it is suspending the use of Mir cards associated with Apple Pay e-wallets. As of March 24th, Apple is removing all the Mir cards paired with its wallets, making the use of Mir cards with Apple Pay impossible in Russia.
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