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The order of the Bank of Russia to suspend transfers of funds and replenishment of P- and R-purses for the international money transfer system WebMoney from December 7 for six months came as a surprise to the company. This was told to Izvestia in the press service of the system on Tuesday, December 7.
They noted that WebMoney has been working in Russia for 23 years “in strict accordance with the requirements of the legislation”, as regards operations in the Conservative Commercial Bank serving the system (JSC Bank “KKB”).
“In our opinion, we do not have and did not have any significant violations justifying the application of such harsh measures (usually this is associated with the withdrawal of capital, payments to unauthorized recipients or deficiencies in the fight against unfair use),” they stressed.
The press service noted that they cannot comment on the position of the regulator, especially the reasons for which it makes decisions.
“However, as far as we know, formal remarks are indicated as the basis for the imposed restrictions. In any case, the bank received and executed the order, despite the allotted period of less than a day, ”they said.
On the eve of the Central Bank issued instructions to the settlement bank WebMoney – “KKB”, which came into force on December 7. It was indicated that the participants of the system would not be able to perform operations of replenishment, exchange and transfer using P- and R-purses opened in rubles. It will now be possible to withdraw money from such wallets only through the fast payment system (FPS) of the regulator.
On January 12 of this year, the Central Bank prohibited UMoney from working with non-resident companies for six months. The ban was partially lifted in March, and work with non-resident companies was fully resumed in July.
In June, a similar ban was lifted from the Qiwi international system. Representatives of e-wallets called such bans a trend towards strengthening control over cross-border payments. Thus, the regulator is tightening supervision of the cryptocurrency and fighting illegal casinos, experts said.
Source: IZ
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