UnionPay introduced a limit on cash withdrawals abroad using Russian cards

The Chinese payment system UnionPay introduced a limit on cash withdrawals abroad using its cards issued by

Russian banks - the equivalent of 50 thousand yuan pera day or 500,000 yuan per year, RIA Novosti reports, citing its own source in the payment market. “UnionPay has introduced a limit on cash withdrawals abroad using cards of Russian banks. The limit for withdrawing cash abroad is 50,000 yuan per day or 500,000 yuan per year (or the equivalent of this amount in another currency) for each card,” the agency’s source said.

Now the cards of this system, according to the agency,several Russian banks issue: Russian Standard, MTS Bank, RSHB, Gazprombank, Solidarity, St. Petersburg, RRDB, Primsotsbank, Primorye, Zenit and Post Bank.