ASTANA, April 2. /TASS/. VTB subsidiary bank in Kazakhstan continues to service cards of the Russian payment system Mir, an employee of the call center of the financial organization told TASS.

"VTB Kazakhstan Bank services cards of the Mir payment system. ATMs issue money only in the national currency - tenge," the bank’s representative said, noting that VTB's subsidiary bank in Kazakhstan issues its own cards of the Mir payment system only in tenge.

Halyk Bank, the largest bank in Kazakhstan, said earlier on Tuesday it has stopped servicing cards of the Russian payment system Mir since the end of February, an employee of the call center of the financial organization told TASS. According to him, this applies to both ATMs and POS terminals. However, he did not specify the reasons for the current restrictions.

Earlier on Tuesday, the operator of the national payment system Elkart reported that Russian Mir payment cards will stop working in Kyrgyzstan on April 5 due to US sanctions.