National bank Kyrgyzstan explained refusal of service of the World cards by fear of sanctions

Those Kyrgyz banks which stopped service of the Russian World payment cards, made it because of fear to get under sanctions. It declared to the deputy head of National bank Kyrgyzstan Kayyp Kulenbekov, having noted that pressure National Bank on this matter did not render. The banking system Kyrgyzstan works with the World cards since 2019. By the beginning of November a half of the Kyrgyz banks suspended service of the World cards. In total in the country of 23 commercial banks. "The Kyrgyz banks which have stopped service of the World cards, took such measures because of fear to get under sanctions from financial structures of United States of America" — told...