Zolotaya Korona

Zolotaya Korona (Russian: Золотая Корона, literally - Golden Crown), is a Russian payment system that provides cash and cashless payment services.

Participants of system are 220 banks from 75 regions of Russia, CIS and other countries. Cards «Zolotaya Korona» are accepted to service in 275 cities of Russia, and also in Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and China. Zolotaya Korona was created in 1994 by CFT Group. As of 1 July 2009, total emission was 19 041 780 cards. That is 57% more than in the same period of 2008. Total turnover for the first half of 2009 was 184 billion rubles.