Rosfinmonitoring suggested fixing the maximum bar at 100 thousand rubles. For transfers of individuals without opening an account. Prior to that, the organization called for a bar of 60,000 rubles to be introduced. performing similar banking transactions with simplified customer identification, reported in a departmental press release.
This proposal is contained in the draft federal law “On Amending the Federal Law on the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds of Crime and Countermeasures against the Financing of Terrorism”. Rosfinmonitoring also said that these amendments are planned to be presented to the public for discussion in the context of amendments to the Federal Law “On the National Payment System”.
“The draft federal law establishes the maximum threshold for simplified identification in the transfer of funds by a person without opening a bank account in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. or a similar amount in foreign currency,” he said.
According to the statistics of the Central Bank (CB) on March 4, RIA Novosti agency reportedAt the end of January this year, it was reported that the volume of foreign currency deposits of Russians reached the lowest level since 2008. At the beginning of February, this figure fell to 53.7 billion dollars in monetary terms. Thus, the decline in this indicator in the domestic financial market was recorded for the eighth consecutive month.