Central Bank orders nationally significant payment systems to switch to Russian technologies
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is working on a project requiring nationally important payment systems to use domestic software and hardware.
Nationally significant systems, for example, are Unistream , Close , Best and CONTACT . In the registry of the Central Bank indicated 18 such systems. Payment systems Western Union, as well as the global payment systems Visa and MasterCard , Golden Crown and LFS are not included in this list. The register of nationally significant payment systems includes payment operators capable of operating in Russia without making a security deposit.
The Central Bank plans to use Russian developments for both non-cryptographic information security systems and cryptographic systems for money transfers.
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Director of the Association "National Payment Council" Maria Mikhailova believes that innovations will cause big problems for the owners of payment systems. They will have to replace the debugged and time-tested software and hardware with Russian developments that they have never heard of. Mikhailova doubts that there are any worthy Russian analogues of foreign products on the market.
Nikolai Smirnov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Golden Crown, notes that de facto payment systems will have to install two sets of software and hardware - for operations within Russia and for cross-border operations. After all, the requirements of the Central Bank now do not coincide with international requirements for information security.
The general director of the payment system “Best” Zara Srapyan believes that the introduction of new technical equipment will be very expensive. According to some representatives of payment systems, it will be much cheaper to give up the status of a nationally important system than to completely change the entire IT infrastructure.
The project of the Central Bank is still under development and will be discussed with market participants. The Central Bank received an order to develop new requirements from the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Nationally significant systems, for example, are Unistream , Close , Best and CONTACT . In the registry of the Central Bank indicated 18 such systems. Payment systems Western Union, as well as the global payment systems Visa and MasterCard , Golden Crown and LFS are not included in this list. The register of nationally significant payment systems includes payment operators capable of operating in Russia without making a security deposit.
The Central Bank plans to use Russian developments for both non-cryptographic information security systems and cryptographic systems for money transfers.
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Director of the Association "National Payment Council" Maria Mikhailova believes that innovations will cause big problems for the owners of payment systems. They will have to replace the debugged and time-tested software and hardware with Russian developments that they have never heard of. Mikhailova doubts that there are any worthy Russian analogues of foreign products on the market.
Nikolai Smirnov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Golden Crown, notes that de facto payment systems will have to install two sets of software and hardware - for operations within Russia and for cross-border operations. After all, the requirements of the Central Bank now do not coincide with international requirements for information security.
The general director of the payment system “Best” Zara Srapyan believes that the introduction of new technical equipment will be very expensive. According to some representatives of payment systems, it will be much cheaper to give up the status of a nationally important system than to completely change the entire IT infrastructure.
The project of the Central Bank is still under development and will be discussed with market participants. The Central Bank received an order to develop new requirements from the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/292298/
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