The Russian ban anonymous replenish electronic purses

The changes will affect users of the service "Yandex. Money »,« QIWI Wallet », WebMoney and PayPal.

Council of the Federation approved amendments to the law on the prohibition of anonymous replenishment electronic purses. Users can no longer contribute funds through payment terminals and offices of mobile operators without identification - now just showing your bank account. On this drew attention edition "RBC".

The changes will affect the holders of purses "Yandex. Money »,« QIWI Wallet », WebMoney, PayPal, VK Pay and other similar systems.

Primarily, these measures are aimed at combating the financing of terrorism and drugs, said the head of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets Anatoly Aksakov. Now is suspected to be carrying out illegal operations can be accurately identified and the identity of the payer to block his account.

The amendments have already been made to the law on the national payment system. The relevant document has yet to sign the President, after which it enters into force.

According to the Association of market participants of electronic money and remittances each year through e-wallets is made more than 2 billion transactions worth more than 1.7 trillion rubles.