UnionPay Cards from Gazprombank Stop Working in Uzbekistan
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And other countries
Uzbek banks have stopped servicing UnionPay cards issued by Russia’s Gazprombank, TASS reports.
When users try to withdraw cash from ATMs, they receive a message about a technical error. The Central Bank of Uzbekistan stated that the decision to stop servicing UnionPay cards did not come from Uzbekistan.
Similar issues have been reported in Kazakhstan, Hungary, Vietnam, and other countries.
On November 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Gazprombank to its sanctions list. The next day, the bank removed details from its website stating that it issued UnionPay cards.
