Source: Tinkoff Bank
Tinkoff Bank is offering its customers the opportunity to open multiple Tinkoff Black accounts in as many as 30 currencies at a time.
Now the bank’s clients can use their Tinkoff Black multi-currency debit cards in even more countries and instantaneously exchange money between currencies at attractive rates.
Tinkoff Bank is adding 26 new currencies to the already available Russian rouble, US dollar, British pound and euro:
• Thai baht
• UAE dirham
• Belarusian rouble
• Indonesian rupiah
• Czech koruna
• Turkish lira
• Chinese yuan
• Georgian lari
• Kazakhstani tenge
• Israeli new shekel
• Polish zloty
• Indian rupee
• Vietnamese dong
• Japanese yen
• Swiss franc
• Bulgarian lev
• Hungarian forint
• Singapore dollar
• Canadian dollar
• Armenian dram
• Swedish krona
• Hong Kong dollar
• Australian dollar
• South Korean won
• Azerbaijani manat
• Norwegian krone
Accounts denominated in these currencies are now available to all holders of Tinkoff Black debit cards. New currency accounts can be opened via the Tinkoff mobile app for iOS, through an existing account at Tinkoff.ru or by contacting our customer support. The opportunity to open accounts in 26 new currencies will soon be available in the mobile app for Android, too.
Card holders can instantaneously link their Tinkoff Black multi-currency card to any of their currency accounts. Tinkoff Bank customers can also link their multi-currency cards to Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay.
Tinkoff Bank offers its customers attractive currency exchange rates, with a markup to rates quoted in the forex market rarely above 0.5%.
Anatoly Makeshin, Head of Payment Systems and Vice President of Tinkoff Bank, said: “Tinkoff Bank customers are active travellers and they use Tinkoff Black multi-currency cards on their international journeys. With 30 currencies now on the list, we give our clients a long-awaited opportunity to use Tinkoff Black more often, no matter where they choose to go. Holders of this easy-to-use multi-currency card do not have to worry how to best exchange their money while travelling. This option is now available in their smartphone. You first transfer money to the right currency account at an attractive rate, then link it to the card and continue using Tinkoff Black as usual.”