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Global Financial Service Disruptions

Visa and Mastercard (Russia operations)

card network · RU · Europe

Regulatory or legalStatus: resolvedTier 1Severity 5 of 5Evidence confidence: highAnalyst-verified

On 5 March 2022 Visa and Mastercard announced suspension of operations in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Cross-border use of Russian cards and use of foreign cards in Russia stopped, while the Bank of Russia said domestic cards would keep working inside Russia.

First disruption
Mar 5
First public signal
unknown
Acknowledged
Mar 5
Restored
resolved, time unknown
Duration
not established
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

card authcross borderScope: country wide

Russian-issued Visa and Mastercard cards stopped working abroad and foreign-issued cards stopped working in Russia; domestic Russian-issued cards kept working inside Russia until expiry per the Bank of Russia.

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Mastercard cited 'the unprecedented nature of the current conflict and the uncertain economic environment'
DFX classification
Regulatory or legal (cyber: unconfirmed)

Dependencies

A dependency is a documented relationship. It is not evidence that the provider was compromised.

  • Downstream: PayPal Russia: PayPal suspended Russian services the same day (documented)

Evidence