Payments & fintech

Contactless payment use grows three-fold in five months in Ukraine

September 5, 2014

Payment for goods and services using contactless payment cards is gaining popularity in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Processing Center (UPC) has recorded a threefold increase in the turnover and the number of transactions using NFC-supported cards emitted by UPC’s five partnering banks. The average transaction value increased slightly from 48 hryvnias at the end of December …

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Russia still dominates Ukraine’s money transfer market

September 5, 2014

Russian money-transfer service Zolotaya Korona (Golden Crown) has displaced Western Union as the most-popular option for sending money to Ukraine, according to Elena Makhaeva, who heads the department tasked with overseeing money-transfer services for the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Zolotaya Korona and Western Union together own more than half of the Ukrainian money-transfer market, …

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