Ukash Launches Service In Ukraine

Published November 13, 2009, 2:00 a.m. EST

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Updated November 13, 2009, 1:00 a.m. EST

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Ukash, a British firm that sells prepaid vouchers for online transactions, announced Wednesday an agreement with PrivatBank to offer its e-cash product to Ukrainian consumers. The vouchers, which consumers can use to shop and pay online using cash, will be available over the counter in 3,500 PrivatBank branches, online through the Privat24 Web site and mobile-banking service, and at nearly 6,800 ATMs and 1,800 self-service kiosks. Ukash vouchers are available worldwide in 300,000 locations in 17 countries.

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