2 Jul 2013 15:12

CBR puts American Express on the payment system operator register

MOSCOW. July 2 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) put American Express on the register of payment systems, the CBR said.

Moscow-based American Express Bank is the operator, settlement center, and payment clearing bank, American Express Ltd. (legal address in New York, but actual address in Brighton, Great Britain) is the operational center.

The register now has information on twenty-eight payment systems of twenty-seven operators. The CBR put international systems Visa and MasterCard on the register in December of last year.