Samsung Pay has announced it will cease support for Russian Mir cards starting April 3, following U.S. sanctions. This decision was disclosed on Samsung's website on March 27 and marks the disconnection of Mir cards from major digital wallet services, with Apple Pay and Google Pay having previously removed support in March 2022. The move by Samsung Pay, a service owned by South Korea's Samsung Electronics, aligns with the broader disengagement of Russian financial services from global digital payment systems amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Russia’s Mir payment system will no longer be available on Samsung’s mobile payment service starting next week, the South Korean company announced on Wednesday. Samsung Pay is the third digital wallet service to remove Mir after Apple Pay and Google Pay cut ties with the Russian… https://t.co/0TFzAjhDvV
Samsung Pay, a payment service owned by South Korea’s #Samsung Electronics, will stop working with #Russia’s national Mir payment cards from April 3, the two payment systems say. https://t.co/e0UDpbi4B7
U.S. sanctions have finally forced Samsung Pay to drop support for Russia’s Mir National Payment System. Google Pay and Apple Pay ditched Mir back in March 2022. There are workarounds available for Android users, but not in the official Google Play store. https://t.co/hbftsC3K8G
Samsung Pay to stop working with Russian Mir cards https://t.co/f3DoG9b86Q
⚡️#Samsung Pay will stop working with Russian "Mir" cards starting from April 3, the company announced. All previously added cards will be removed. Earlier, Russian cards were disconnected from Apple Pay and Google Pay systems. https://t.co/LJCOXu0cdN
⚡️The Samsung Pay system will stop working with Russian Mir cards as of the beginning of April, according to a message posted on Samsung's website on March 27. https://t.co/IPlIWIkpdv