Mastercard began discussing the closure of the Maestro brand, under which debit cards are issued worldwide, Kommersant sources said. So far, consultations are held only with the national payment system of Belarus. The journal's sources pointed out that Maestro cards are not used in Internet commerce, while the main efforts of the leading payment systems are aimed at development in this direction. There have been talks about closing Maestro for several years, but Mastercard has not commented on this information.