This will make RuPay one of the few international payment systems to be active in Russia. Moscow has faced a number of sanctions by Western countries since the war with Ukraine.
The highlight of using RuPay credit cards is that they are acquiring approval nationally and internationally. They can be used at many partner stores and ATMs across the country.
The card creates & uses an offline wallet on its own chip to store money in electronic form which can be used at Metro entry & exit gates without the need for any internet connection.
Foreign card payment network companies that fail to meet data localisation norms cannot register new customers or issue new cards in India. ThePrint explains.
UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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