They write that a year after Russian banks refused SWIFT, citizens still have at least seven ways to transfer money abroad. “Izvestia” with reference to market participants and experts.
Russians can transfer money from the Mir card to the plastic of the national payment systems of the CIS countries: Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Another way is to send money to CIS countries, Europe and Asia via Unistream from the bank’s mobile app. The Golden Crown system works similarly.
You can take advantage of cross-border transfer services launched by Sberbank, VTB and Tinkoff.
SWIFT transfers can still be sent from any credit institution not covered by Western blocking sanctions.
You can also use crypto currency. For minimum commission, it can be exchanged for cash at any “semi-legal” exchanger.
In order to pay for foreign service subscriptions and make purchases abroad, citizens of the Russian Federation began issuing Visa or Mastercard cards in bulk from foreign banks.
Previously at Bank of Russia said About the losses of credit institutions due to hacker attacks in 2022.