TULA, February 5 – RIA Novosti / Prime. operations with bank cards in the Crimea will resume in the near future, the Bank of Russia is working on a solution to this problem at an accelerated pace, told reporters deputy chairman Mikhail Sukhov.
“There are plastic projects that are likely to be resumed after a certain time after the restore the cards. And it will happen soon. I do not think there is (in the Crimea – Ed.) are serious specific the problem is not related to the sanctions. We create NBTS (national system of payment cards – Ed.). At this rate, in my opinion, nothing has been created. We are doing everything fantastically fast, “- said Sukhov.
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He said that in the Crimea currently has 541 units of the Bank, and they are all functional and financial capacity to In order to work in proportion to the demand for banking services, which are in the Crimea.
“This is something that is close in all respects to the corresponding regions of the Russian Federation and with the same level of GDP, with similar parameters of activity,” – said Sukhov. According to him, the loan portfolio of legal entities issued by 28 banks operating in the Crimea, is estimated at 3.2 billion rubles. These banks in the accounts of legal entities placed more than 18 billion rubles, citizens’ deposits – 27.8 billion rubles. That is, banks created a working environment for local businesses, Sukhov said.
However, he admitted that there are objective economic difficulties for banks in the Crimea, for example, credit debt. “But this is the only region of Russia, where there are no problems at high interest debt load, and it is unlikely it will be,” – said Sukhov.
The two largest international payment systems – Visa and MasterCard – December 26 decided to suspend cards Russian banks operating in the territory of Crimea, because of US sanctions. Head of the republic Sergey Aksenov said that an alternative international payment systems will work in Crimea until May 1.
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