25 Sep 2013 16:18

Central Bank includes UnionPay on payment system register

MOSCOW. Sept 25 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia has included the payment system UnionPay in the register of payment system operators, Central Bank materials show.

The payment system operator is LLC UnionPay, the settlement center is Bank of China Moscow (Elos) and the payment clearing center is UnionPay International Co. Ltd (Shanghai).

The register currently includes data on 29 payment systems and 28 operators. Visa and MasterCard were added to the register in December 2012.