Sberbank (MOEX: SBER) will stop servicing as of September 1 only…
Sberbank (MOEX: SBER) will stop servicing as of September 1 only inactive foreign currency Visa cards that clients have not used for a long time, as well as multi-currency cards whose functionality is no longer supported. Sberbank is closing Visa and Mastercard foreign currency cards.
Consensus
- Sberbank will stop servicing some foreign currency and multi-currency Visa cards from September 1, 2026.
- The affected cards are inactive ones with zero balances and those with unsupported functionality.
- Clients are advised to close the accounts and transfer funds to other accounts.
- All client funds remain fully preserved and accessible.
- The change does not affect active foreign currency or multi-currency accounts.
- Visa and Mastercard left the Russian market in spring 2022, rendering their cards non-functional abroad.
- The Central Bank of Russia stated that the withdrawal of Visa and Mastercard cards is gradual and ongoing without fixed deadlines.
Points of divergence
- Sberbank will cease servicing foreign currency and multi-currency cards of both Visa and Mastercard, not just Visa. — meduza
- The cutoff date is September 1, 2026. — meduza
- Sberbank will stop servicing multi-currency cards with lost functionality and inactive foreign currency cards with zero balances. — gazeta_spb
Coverage (12 sources)
- Sberbank stops servicing some currency cards - SPB Newspaper news — Gazeta.SPb
- Sberbank will stop servicing foreign currency cards from September 1 — ASTRA
- Sberbank clarifies it will stop servicing only old Visa currency cards — Ведомости
- Sberbank clarifies information on the suspension of servicing foreign currency Visa cards — Коммерсантъ
- Sberbank closes Visa and Mastercard currency cards — Meduza
- Sberbank stops servicing foreign currency Visa cards — Ведомости
- Sberbank stops servicing some Visa currency cards — Фонтанка
- Sberbank will stop servicing Visa currency cards from September 1 — Коммерсантъ
- Sberbank Explains What Will Happen to Visa Currency Cards — Вести
- Sberbank will stop servicing Visa currency cards from September 1 — Вечерняя Москва
- Sberbank will stop servicing foreign currency and multi-currency Visa cards starting September 1, 2026 — Новости Москвы
- Sberbank will stop servicing Visa currency cards from September 1. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
Key entities
- Sberbank
- Visa
- TASS
- RIA Novosti
- Mastercard
- Russia
- Moscow
- CB
- Elvira Nabiyullina
- RBC
- Saint Petersburg
- Sber
- Sber
- SPB RU News Newspaper
- Moscow Exchange