Visa enables payments with expired cards in Georgia during coronavirus pandemic

Visa cardholders in Georgia will be able to use their expired cards for payments without interruptions during the coronavirus pandemic, announces Visa.

Recognising the challenges banks may experience with reissuing and delivering cards to their cardholders during pandemic, Visa reminded our client-banks in Georgia of the authorisation requirements should a cardholder present an expired card. As Visa we can and will support transactions even with expired dates to help our client-banks manage the cards logistics and Visa cardholders pay with Visa - securely and conveniently as usual”, said Cristina Doros, Visa’s country manager for the Caucasus region.  

Visa cardholders with expired cards should contact their issuing banks to confirm operations with their cards.  

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To note, the National Bank of Georgia recommended that consumers use contactless pay methods instead of paying by cash to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.