KYIV, Nov 29 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) approved the application of StarMoney LLC (Kyiv), the subsidiary of the leading Ukrainian mobile communications operator Kyivstar, and authorized the company to act as an operator of the payment infrastructure, Kyivstar President Peter Chernyshov said.

StarMoney, the 100% subsidiary of Kyivstar, has finally received the status of the operator of the payment infrastructure services! Maybe someone would say that there are many operators of this kind in Ukraine, but for the mobile operator this is a first one!" he wrote on his Facebook page.