Participants from 15 states are already connected to the Russian financial messaging system (SPFS). This was stated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Olga Skorobogatova at the conference “10 years of the mega-regulator: yesterday, today, tomorrow”. DEA News.
“At the same time, in 2014 we realized that <…> we need our own financial messaging system. <…> There are already 514 participants and those who want to maintain their relations with us and non-residents are also actively participating. These are 131 non-residents from 15 countries,” he said.
Skorobogatova added that the traffic on the system increased “massive” and was processed “with no delays or changes”.
As the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin stated earlier, Russia wantsThe realization of the development of the common payment area of the Eurasian Economic Union on the basis of national currencies will increase the security of settlements and the stability of the economies of the countries of the union.
Previously, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation harshly raised up to 12% key rate in an unscheduled meeting.