Ukraine 2025

Market Overview Payment Organisation PROSTIR (Ukrainian Payments Area), formerly NSMEP.  Ukrainian Interbank Payment Systems Member Association “EMA”  Domestic Card Brand PROSTIR cards (replacing NSMEP cards).  UkrKart, cards, some are co-badged, Maestro.  Market Structure PROSTIR, the new domestic contactless card scheme, has won increased support from the Ukrainian payments industry.  The first Mastercard and VISA programmes […]

Moldova 2025

Market Overview Payment Organisation MoldMediaCard Domestic Card Brand None.  Market Structure Moldovan retail banks issue cards with one of the Mastercard or VISA brands.  While ATM transactions are the dominant form of card use, POS payments are growing fast, showing a CAGR of 54.85% between 2019 and 2023. Over the same period, ATM withdrawals grew […]

Belarus 2025

Market Overview Payment Organisation JSC ‘Banking Processing Center’ (BPC) Domestic Card Brand BelKart cards, some banks co-badge Belkart with Maestro.  Market Structure Cards issued reached 2.10 per capita in 2023, up from 0.36 in 2006. Debit cards predominate, and the BelKart scheme accounted for 34% of all cards. Only about 5% of cards issued are […]