“The work carried out by the Bank of Russia and credit institutions does not imply total control over the operations of individuals and is aimed at identifying individual risk areas associated with the use of payment cards and wallets issued for fictitious individuals by cryptocurrency exchangers, online casinos and unscrupulous participants in the financial market for settlements with Russian citizens ", - quoted by RIA Novosti the message of the Central Bank.
The Bank of Russia stressed that it does not plan to introduce new reporting for credit institutions to control the operations of individuals.
The regulator explained that it plans to collect anonymized data from those banks that provide payment services for individuals only if there is a risk of using their platforms for illegal operations of online casinos and bookmakers.
Earlier, RBC reported that the Central Bank will begin to request data from banks on all money transfers between individuals.
In October, Vladimir Petrov, First Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber of the Leningrad Region, proposed allowing bank employees to refuse to service and carry out any money transfers that raise suspicion of fraudulent activities.