Russia's Mir cards accepted in Turkey

Turkey's banking chain Turkiye Is Bankasi that has the largest nationwide acquiring network, has started accepting Russia’s Mir cards, CEO of the Russian National System of Payment Cards (NSPC) Vladimir Komlev said.

"We would like to announce that today is a great day. Mir cards are now accepted in Turkey," he said, adding that the testing was finalized yesterday. 

"Turkey’s biggest bank, Is Bankasi, with 6,500 ATM machines, and 10,000 e-commerce traders, now accepts Mir cards," TASS cited Komlev as saying.