It is better for Qiwi wallet owners to contact the Deposit Insurance Corporation, this way there is a chance to return part of the money. This opinion was expressed by Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director of the Federal Methodological Center for Financial Literacy, Associate Professor of the Department of Global Financial Markets and Fintech of the Russian University of Economics in an interview with socialbites.ca. GV Plekhanova Denis Perepelitsa.
“On the recommendation of the Central Bank of Russia, it is necessary to contact the DIA. “The money will most likely not be returned, but it is worth trying to line up with creditors and it will then be possible to repay some of the funds once their demands are met,” he said.
He added that owners will not be able to withdraw money from their Qiwi wallets.
Maxim Osadchiy, head of the analytical department of Corporate Finance Bank, added that the amount of balance in wallets as of January 1 of this year was about 4.9 billion rubles, with an average of 355 rubles per wallet. There were a total of 13.8 million active wallets.
On February 21, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation canceled the license of QIWI Bank. After that, it became impossible to replenish Qiwi wallets and withdraw money from them.
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Russians used Qiwi wallets to pay for foreign services, including Apple subscriptions.
Previously, payments were made for communications in the Raiffeisenbank application happened Not available due to QIWI bank.