The bank said that it had been fighting for a long time to ensure that SWIFT transfers, whose operation is 95% dependent on Western payment infrastructure, remained a comfortable way to transfer money.
“We are forced to admit that our efforts were not enough to ensure that Western partners fulfill their part of the agreements within a reasonable and comfortable time for our clients,” the Telegram message says.
Earlier, the head of Sberbank German Gref said that the bank expects to create an effective system in Russia over the next year that will compensate for the disconnection from SWIFT.
The European Union, as part of the next package of sanctions against Russia, disconnected Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank from the SWIFT interbank system.