Experts of the Ukrainian Interbank Association of Payment System Members (EMA) warn Ukrainians that the number of cases of compromising Ukrainian bank cards abroad is gradually increasing.

Most often, the compromise occurs when making payments in the United States - in stores, cafes and other shopping and service points. Data theft occurs when cards are read in POS-terminals.

There are also some examples of compromising maps in Europe - in a large French chain store.

The field of how card data falls into the hands of scammers, they use them to make payments outside Ukraine.

How to save your money?.

Experts advise using a separate payment card for settlements. Upon returning the card will be closed. Even if her data has been stolen by fraudsters in some way, in the future they will not be able to use the information they extract and get access to funds on the card account.

On the bank card, you can set limits on payments and regional use. You should notify the bank about where you are going, and also set limits on the amounts that you can spend on the card. In this case, even stealing these cards, scammers will not be able to steal from it an amount exceeding the limit. And after the client informs the bank that he returned to the territory of Ukraine, any operations with his card, conducted abroad, will be rejected by the bank. If necessary, the cardholder can change or cancel the limit.