Russian UnionPay Cards Blocked in Cyprus: Impact on Banking Services

Cards of the Chinese payment system UnionPay issued by Russian banks have stopped working in Cyprus. Citizens of the Russian Federation continue to face new problems with banking services after Western payment systems Visa and MasterCard left the Russian market. For making payments abroad, for some time the Chinese payment system UnionPay became an alternative, … Read more

Bundesbank gives the all-clear for the private house market

Bundesbank gives the all-clear for the private house market

As of: November 23, 2023 7:02 p.m The demand for houses and apartments has collapsed. But according to the Bundesbank, the residential real estate market as a whole offers no cause for concern, especially for private homeowners. Because of the drastically increased interest rates, significantly fewer people are buying houses and apartments or having them … Read more

Davivienda and Seguros Bolívar launch the art book in tribute to Luciano Jaramillo

Davivienda and Seguros Bolívar launch the art book in tribute to Luciano Jaramillo

This year, the art book published annually by Davivienda and Seguros Bolivar, is dedicated to Luciano Jaramillo. This Caldense painter stood out for his expressive and emotional intensity, full of local iconography, popularly identified through the media image of the modern myths of his time.: beauty queens, cyclists, soccer players and historical heroes like Simón … Read more

Financial Diary: Global Stocks, European Politics, and Central Bank Meetings

Financial Diary: Global Stocks, European Politics, and Central Bank Meetings

Financial Diary – Santiago Global stocks were approaching their best month on Thursday since Covid vaccine advances in late 2020, while Europe digested another far-right electoral shake-up and oil fell after Opec+ postponed its weekend meeting. Traders made their moves before the expected reduction in volumes due to the celebration andt was Thanksgiving Thursday in … Read more

Imposing fees on “InstaPay” transactions and bank transfers in 2024.. What are the details?

Imposing fees on “InstaPay” transactions and bank transfers in 2024.. What are the details?

04:52 PM Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Written by Manal Al-Masry: The Central Bank intends to apply small fees to transactions through the national network for real-time transfers, “InstaPay,” as well as to return to transfers between banks starting in January 2024, according to a Central Bank official whom Masrawy spoke to. The official explained that … Read more

British police question actor Russell Brand over sexual assault allegations

British police question actor Russell Brand over sexual assault allegations

Actor and comedian Russell Brand was questioned by London Metropolitan Police detectives over allegations of sexual crimes committed in the past, the Times reported on Sunday. British police said in September that they had launched an investigation into a series of allegations of non-recent sexual offences. following information that appeared in the media according to … Read more

Iranian cars began to be delivered to Russian car dealerships

Iranian cars began to be delivered to Russian car dealerships

​ Sales of the new Iranian sedan Iran Khodro Dena have begun in several dealership centers in the Russian Federation. Cars are imported into the country through parallel import; these cars will cost the future owner 1.6–1.7 million rubles, writes Autonews. At the same time, Russians have the opportunity to save additional money on purchasing … Read more