
The Yandex Pay service is gradually being restored after attacks by Ukrainian drones on the company’s data centers, access to transfers and payments has been restored for some users, payment by cards and stickers is fully operational, the rate on savings accounts in Saves has been increased to 20% per annum for the week from October 11 to 17.
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The Yandex Pay service has been unavailable in recent days after Ukrainian drone attacks on the company’s data centers.
The Yandex Pay service, which was unavailable in recent days after Ukrainian drone attacks on Yandex data centers, is gradually returning to work. This was announced by the head of the company’s fintech department Dmitry Pirogov.
According to him, access to transfers and payments has so far been restored for some users, and it is being opened in stages to cope with the load. “Many of you can already see and manage your money,” the specialist noted, emphasizing that the service is still unstable, errors are possible in some operations, and some functions are still unavailable.
Pirogov added that payment with plastic cards and payment stickers is already working in full, and in connection with recent events, all current users of savings accounts in Saves for the week from October 11 to 17 have increased the rate to 20 percent per annum without additional conditions. He also assured that a Super Split or Yandex loan payment missed due to a glitch will not be considered overdue.
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