Central bank asks Russian banks for details on crypto-related transactions.
Transactions between individuals through these platforms are of particular interest as the regulator believes these carry risks of financial losses and fraud.In late December, the Central Bank of Russia commercial banks a new reporting form for transactions, seeking information about money transfers related to crypto exchange websites. These are mostly payments between private individuals, including transactions with cards and wallets registered in the name of dummy persons.
The regulator is asking the banking institutions to provide details about their interactions with crypto exchangers such as btc-obmennik.com, cleanbtc.ru, 100bitcoins.com, ultrachange.biz, 1wn.kz, cryptex24.com, openchange.cash, xchange.cash, vexel.com, and betatransfer.org, a new report by the Kommersant reveals.
The leading business daily quotes sources from the crypto industry claiming that over 400 crypto exchangers now offer services to Russian residents on the internet. Their estimates suggest that the monthly volume of the over-the-counter crypto market in Russia and neighboring countries is around $1.3 billion. The Russian Federation accounts for about half of the total.
The crypto exchangers often list on their websites the names and logos of established financial institutions and payment providers such as Sberbank, VTB, Tinkoff Bank, Western Union, Webmoney, and Koronapay as their partners. Two of them, Webmoney and Koronapay, have already denied any cooperation with the coin trading platforms.
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