{"id":9587,"date":"2018-05-07T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T11:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=9587"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:47:13","slug":"uniteller-and-optima-bank-launch-online-payment-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/uniteller-and-optima-bank-launch-online-payment-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniteller and Optima Bank launch online payment service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uniteller and Optima Bank have joined forces to launch a new online payment service, meaning that a number of additional services may now be paid online using Visa bankcards. This is important for Kyrgyzstan as the country continues to develop its digital space.<\/p>\n<p>The number of internet users in the country was 5.24 million (85% of the population) at the beginning of 2017 and is expected to continue to grow as internet penetration into rural areas increases. Moreover, the total number of bank payment cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan has increased by about 37% every year. All of this means that the country is likely to see more and more demand for goods and services that can be ordered and paid for online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-9587 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Impending B2B payment revolution in Russia'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/impending-b2b-payment-revolution-in-russia\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/impending-b2b-payment-revolution-in-russia-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13267\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13267'>\n\t\t\t\tImpending B2B payment revolution in Russia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Terabank: SMS code instead of signature'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/terabank-sms-code-instead-of-signature\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Terabank-SMS-code-instead-of-signature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7562\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7562'>\n\t\t\t\tTerabank: SMS code instead of signature\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor 13th-20th February'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-13th-20th-february\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bfc-fintech-monitor-10th-18th-february-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14505\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14505'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor 13th-20th February\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uniteller and Optima Bank have joined forces to launch a new online payment service, meaning that a number of additional services may now be paid online using Visa bankcards. This is important for Kyrgyzstan as the country continues to develop its digital space. The number of internet users in the country was 5.24 million (85% &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,72],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-9587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","category-kyrgyzstan","tag-payments","b_post_type-regional-fintech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9750,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions\/9750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}