[5] In April 2012, Yandex Money began issuing debit cards on the Mastercard network.

[6][7][8] In October 2012, the company enabled making card payments via a miniature point of sale terminal attached to a user's smartphone.

[24][25] In November 2017, the service launched Yandex.Gas, allowing users to pay for gas remotely, without leaving their cars.

[27][28][29] In July 2019, the service launched "Ya.Streamer", allowing users to collect donations via streaming platforms, such as YouTube, Twitch, Smashcast, CyberHero, WASD.TV, Odnoklassniki, VK, Facebook, OBS Studio, and XSplit.

[31][32][33] In 2011, the Federal Security Service required the company to disclose details of people who contributed to organizations run by Alexey Navalny, a leader of the opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia.

[36] In 2016, the government of Russia allegedly put pressure on the company to close accounts used to raise money for Alexey Navalny.