Yunikredit Bank will stop reissuing all debit cards starting August… (карта · дебетовый · банк)
Yunikredit Bank will stop reissuing all debit cards starting August 1. From August 1, the bank will suspend the issuance of all debit cards with expired validity periods, and by December 1, card issuance will be completely halted regardless of the reason.
Consensus
- Unicredit Bank will stop reissuing all debit cards with expired validity starting August 1, 2026.
- From December 1, 2026, Unicredit Bank will completely cease issuing debit cards regardless of reason.
- Starting September 1, 2026, Unicredit Bank will automatically block and close all unused debit cards if not activated within six months of receipt.
- From September 1, 2026, all Visa and Mastercard debit cards without transactions in the past year will stop working.
Points of divergence
- Visa and Mastercard must fully exit the Russian market because they no longer perform their original functions, and maintaining them causes inefficiencies for the National Payment System; this was stated by Alla Bakina, Director of the Department of National Payment Systems at the Central Bank of Russia. — vm
- Visa has completely stopped servicing cards issued by three major Belarusian financial institutions—Belagroprombank, Belgazprombank, and Alfa-Bank Belarus—in the European Economic Area. — vm
- Unicredit Group is gradually exiting Russian assets; in December, nearly all long-term portfolio of Unicredit Leasing (contracts worth 3 billion rubles) was sold to PR-Leasing, and key executives including the chairman of the board left. — kommersant
- Wealthy clients of Unicredit Bank are transferring to OTP Bank and Asian-Pacific Bank (ATB), according to a source from 'Kommersant'. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- Yunikredit Bank to stop reissuing all debit cards starting August 1 — Вечерняя Москва
- Yunikredit Bank will stop reissuing debit cards starting in August — Коммерсантъ