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In Russia, most popular online payment systems are probably webmoney.ru and money.yandex.ru The major difference from PayPal is that 1) these systems are de fa
by raquo 18y ago
In Russia, most popular online payment systems are probably webmoney.ru and money.yandex.ru
The major difference from PayPal is that 1) these systems are de facto local, and 2) your account is not linked to your debit/credit card, rather, you have to add funds to your account proactively. At least that was true when I last checked it.
Paypal does not work with some Russian banks' credit cards because they ignored this market for so long.
If you want free Russia-specific research, point google translate to fom.ru - there are some quantitative and qualitative surveys on payments via internet.
- andrewl-hn 18y agoMoreover, people are very reluctant to use cards on the Internet in general there. For example a friend of mine wanted to purchase a domain name for personal use (blog, photos, CV, etc.) but eventually decided not to just because he had to use a card! Lots of local websites accept SMS payments because of that. I have no idea why people consider it safer. It seems to me that as long as there's a HTTPS connection with a nice certificate (EV or normal) from the issuing company you've heard of you're most likely to be safe.