For cards issued in Ukraine, the service is not available.
Russian social network Vkontakte has officially launched the function of money transfer between users.
“Today we are launching a service of money transfer between users. Send money in a message using a Bank card. The service works in the dialogues on the website and mobile apps for Android and Windows Phone”, said the Director of e-Commerce, Yuri Ivanov.
For iPhone owners to send money orders will be immediately released a new update of the app. However, to transfer they can now.
How does it work?
In order to send someone money, you have to open up a dialogue with the user. In the menu of attachments, select the Money, enter the amount and comment, then Your credit card details and confirm the sending.
The recipient will receive a message with the translation, and he will choose what card to make a Deposit.
To send a transfer cards Mastercard, Maestro and Visa cards of Russian banks, get – Mastercard Maestro and Visa cards of Russian banks, as well as cards Mastercard and Maestro issued in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Georgia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan , Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Uzbekistan, France, Czech Republic and Estonia.
Possible amount – from 100 to 75,000 rubles. Fee for sending of the transfer with a Visa card – 1% of amount, minimum of 40 rubles.
For cardholders of Mastercard and Maestro to the end of the year special offer: once a week, while receiving the transfer, the user can select a gift set of stickers (wait for the message from the official community Mastercard), and when sending the transfer fee is not charged.