The Bank of Russia filed a lawsuit against QIWI Bank JSC in the Moscow Arbitration Court. This was reported by TASS.
The application was submitted to the Central Federal District by the Main Directorate of the Bank of Russia on March 14, 2023. The defendant is QIWI Bank JSC. No other details have been given yet.
Before that, the interim management of QIWI Bank, represented by the Deposit Insurance Agency, initiated a lawsuit against the owners of the bank – QIWI JSC, Fusion Factor Fintech Limited from Hong Kong and Qiwi plc. The next hearing of the case will be held on April 16.
In early March, the FSB checks QIWI Bank for withdrawal of funds abroad. At the same time, the Central Bank’s previous investigation did not reveal that money was stolen from wallets.
21 February Central Bank recalled License from QIWI Bank and the next day deleted QIWI Bank and Contact payment system are taken from the registration of payment system operators.
Previously, monthly money transfers were made from Russia to Georgia fallen several times.