OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank has issued 10 million MIR cards. Clients who have received the cards include public sector workers, pensioners, and other clients, who chose MIR for their personal needs.

Sberbank lets clients pay using their MIR cards via the Bank’s entire payment infrastructure, which covers approximately 1.2 million POS terminals at 800 retail and service points throughout Russia, and more than 24,000 online stores. Sberbank’s MIR cards can be used to access all the services offered by the Bank’s 77,000 self-service devices and at over 14,000 branches. Cardholders can also access Sberbank Online – both web and mobile app versions – and the Mobile Bank, Sberbank’s popular service for sending money via SMS.

Payments using MIR cards on the internet take place using the MirAccept security technology, which involves confirming each transaction by entering a one-time SMS code sent to the client’s mobile phone. In addition, Sberbank has added MirAccept to its online acquiring system, which allows holders of MIR cards issued by any bank to make secure payments in online stores that use Sberbank’s payment function.