The company Yandex has announced that Yandex.Money managed to obtain a license for self-MasterCard issue Bank cards without intermediaries.
At the moment Yandex.The money is starting to produce high-class card World MasterCard, whose status is higher than Gold, providing a variety of bonuses MasterCard, such as discounts in shops, theatres, museums and restaurants. Map of three years can be ordered via the website Yandex.Money card comes in the mail for 249 rubles. Also has the option of decoration in offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg or Nizhny Novgorod. The card balance will match the balance Yandex.Wallet. The card supports contactless payment technology PayPass.
Before Yandex.Money issued the card in cooperation with the Bank Tinkoff. Note that as of July 2013 Yandex.Money 75% owned by Sberbank Russia.
According to “Kommersant”, Yandex.Money has become the first Russian payment service with the ability to issue MasterCard without intermediaries, and a total of 700 Russian banks such license (principal member) have only 70.