Next year, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will test digital ruble transfers between legal entities. Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina announced this with the text of her speech at the International Finance Congress. published on the organizer’s website.
“We are preparing to expand the pilot application next year, where there will be new participants, new customers, new scenarios, including transfers between legal entities,” the Central Bank governor said.
According to Nabiullina, the pilot project to introduce the digital ruble in Russia is going as planned.
On September 16, the press service of the Central Bank informed socialbites.ca about this. Experts said that tests of all operations planned for this phase are continuing. These include opening and replenishing digital wallets, transfers between citizens, payment of purchases using a QR code and simple automatic payments. Customers of 13 pilot banks, both legal entities and individuals, have been participating in the tests since August 15. The list of banks includes Alfa Bank, Ingosstrakh Bank, VTB, DOM.RF Bank, Gazprombank, Qiwi Bank, MTS Bank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank, Ak Bars Bank, Sinara, Rosbank and TKB Bank.
The law on the introduction of digital rubles in Russia came into force on August 1. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed it on July 24. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation plans to introduce the digital ruble into mass circulation, based on the results of step-by-step tests and subject to the successful completion of the pilot implementation of all scenarios for operations with the digital ruble. Starting from 2025, citizens and businesses will be able to actively use the new ruble, Natalya Demidova, an expert at the Payments and Payments Department of the Main Directorate of the Central Federal District of the Bank of Russia, told socialbites.ca. Start of pilot testing of operations with real digital rubles. Nabiullina had previously given such a date.
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Source: Gazeta
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