Alfa click

Alfa-Click was the name of Alfa-Bank's online banking service in Russia, and for years it appeared in broker cashiers as a way for Russian clients to fund an account directly from a bank account without a card. The bank has since retired the Alfa-Click branding in favour of its current online and mobile banking, and the payment route itself has been overtaken by events.

Current status

Alfa-Bank has been subject to international sanctions since 2022, its access to correspondent banking in dollars and euros has been cut, and Visa and Mastercard cards it issues do not work outside Russia. The practical consequence for this method is straightforward: a payment from it to a foreign broker's account no longer completes. Brokers serving Russian clients have removed the option or replaced it with domestic transfer schemes and cryptocurrency.

Where a broker's marketing page still lists Alfa-Click, that is nearly always stale content rather than a live option. The broker's own cashier, opened from inside a funded account, is the only accurate source.

If you have a balance behind this method

The same-method rule means a broker would normally return funds the way they arrived. When that corridor is closed, the payout becomes a manual case for the broker's finance team, and the alternatives it can offer depend on its own banking relationships rather than on your preference. Raise it as a support ticket early and in writing; do not assume a route exists until the broker names one.

Wider point

Payment corridors are the part of a brokerage relationship most exposed to events outside the market. A trader whose only funding and withdrawal path runs through a single bank in a single jurisdiction carries a real risk that has nothing to do with trading. Where a broker supports more than one route, having a second one verified in advance costs nothing and settles this problem before it arises.