As stated in the bulletin, the payment system continues to develop a mobile payment platform, and on April 27, banks will be given the opportunity to link a Russian system card to Apple Pay.

“Issuers (banks that issue cards. -

RT

) will be able to provide holders with the opportunity to tokenize Mir PS cards on Apple devices to perform tokenized transactions using the Apple Pay service,” the article says.

In addition, each bank will set the deadline for its customers when they can link Mir cards to Apple's wallet.

In December 2020, the Central Bank proposed to simplify the process of changing the servicing bank for the clients of credit institutions.