Kazakh Bank helps Russians issue Visa and MasterCard bypass sanctions

The shareholders of Altyn Bank are China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited and China Shuangwei Investment Co.

Kazakh bank Altyn Bank provides opportunities to citizens of the Russian Federation issue Visa and MasterCard cards, as well as order plastic cards by couriers to circumvent sanctions. Interestingly, 50% of its property belongs to a Chinese bank, and such fraud is being investigated by Scheme journalists.

The project team approached Altyn Bank as potential customers, asking for registration rules for Russian citizens. The agency confirmed to them that “a digital card can be opened immediately …” It is available to issue a digital card in plastic and order delivery by courier. “

” Non-residents of Kazakhstan have the opportunity to remotely become customers of the bank, ” financial institution.

Package of necessary elements – individual identification number (TIN) of Kazakhstan, which can be issued online by submitting an application through “Altyn-i” ; mobile number ( it is possible and foreign) and an identity document. To register, the bank only asks you to download their application.

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Altyn Bank – a bank headquartered in Almaty. According to the website, its shareholders are China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited (50.1%), China Shuangwei Investment Co., Ltd. (9.9%) and AO Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan (40.0%).

We recently reported that Visa and MasterCard have caused major problems in Russia. Until recently, people and businesses in Russia have been actively using Visa and MasterCard. Small businesses bought goods, for example, in China. Big business avoided taxes through such transactions. The population, in turn, made various payments, including loans.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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