The document was reviewed by RBC. Its authenticity was confirmed by two sources familiar with the discussion.
“The Bank of Russia has received and started discussion of proposals in the subgroup on AML / CFT (anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. - RT ) as part of a working group to optimize the regulatory burden,” the Central Bank press service said.
It is noted that participants in the financial market mainly seek relief in matters of customer identification and requesting documents.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian government has prepared a bill, according to which banks will be required to verify the phone numbers of customers. This initiative will be considered in the second reading in November.
It is assumed that such an initiative will help save Russians from collector calls and will not allow them to steal money using some means of social engineering.
This refers to cases of fraud, when an attacker calls the bank under the guise of a client and calls his passport data.
Initially, it was assumed that the costs will be borne by telecom operators. Now, for the creation of a system for identifying subscribers by phone number, banks will be required to pay.