CIS banks can be connected to Russian analogue SWIFT

Russia’s authorities consider the CIS banks to connect financial messages and the “Dock” of the MIR with national systems of the Union, Mikhail Mishustin Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting of the Council of the CIS Government CIS. on Friday.

“In the field of financial markets, we see as a priority the connection of banks of the CIS states to the Bank of Russia financial messages, as well as the organization of inter -systems of the Mir payment system with national payment systems, ensuring the disclosure of infrastructure for receiving bank cards”, – quotes him RIA Novosti.

The Bank of Russia financial messages system was created in response to the risks of a possible disconnection of Russian banks from SWIFT, to which more than 11 thousand largest organizations are connected in almost all countries of the world.