“With regard to internal payments.
The Central Bank's fast payment system solves this problem.
There are no obstacles here.
The system is developing very successfully and there are sustainable plans for its distribution in the next two years within the framework of the Eurasian economic space.
Actually, the hypothetical disconnection from SWIFT will in no way affect internal payments and settlements.
Another thing is that today about eleven thousand banks and financial institutions around the world participate in the SWIFT system.
Therefore, all international settlements and transactions go through SWIFT, ”said the expert.
Maslennikov believes that in case of disconnection from the SWIFT system, delays in payments may occur.
At the same time, he added that there are alternatives to this payment system and will develop in the future in the next few years.
Earlier, the country's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that Russia has a basis for creating an analogue of the SWIFT payment system.