2023-11-25 21:41:03
Cuba’s Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García Granda, offered an update on the use of Russian MIR cards on the island.
As reported on the social network X“This Saturday Cuba began the technological deployment for the use of Russian Mir cards in the country’s tourist facilities in this capital and other centers of the Caribbean nation.”
Likewise, he announced that “it is planned to close this year, 2023, with the service implemented in most of the facilities in the tourism sector, chain stores and service centers throughout Cuba.”
Previously, the Cuban vice president of the Currency Exchange (Cadeca), Alejandro Velasco, specified that the magnetic cards of the Russian MIR system are fundamentally intended for tourism from that country.
With Russian cards it is possible to withdraw cash in Cuban pesos at ATMs in the country.
Russia devised its national Mir payments system in 2014, following first facing a wave of sanctions in connection with the addition of the Crimean peninsula.
To date, MIR cards, launched in 2015, are accepted in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
In Cuba, Visa, Mastercard, Union Pay, Ocean Card, CABAL and American International Service (AIS) debit or credit cards also work. No card issued by institutions in the United States operates normally in Cuba.
The official tourism website on the island indicates that “since last March 13, Cuban banks accept the MIR card, issued in Russia, which makes it possible to withdraw cash by converting rubles into Cuban pesos, and which favors transactions by tourists or businessmen. of the Eurasian nation on the Island.
The currencies that CADECA quotes according to Cubatravel are the Canadian dollar, the British pound, the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen, the Mexican peso, the euro and the USD.
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