In early April, there were significant changes in the payment system.
The first and most important change: the faceless Personal Cabinet has become a
QIWI Wallet , the site address has changed, now it is:
https://w.qiwi.ru/
There have been other significant changes. I will dwell a little more on some of them.
Officially launched transfers between users
All you need to know to transfer is to know the recipient's Russian cell number:
Transfers go through the bank, as only banks can send money on the instructions of one individual to another individual. Violation of this principle threatens to be accused of illegal banking activities and serious consequences - up to the closure of the enterprise.
Statistics accumulated over the week already allows us to draw some conclusions. The following categories of our users actively use this function:
- Freelancers accept payment for work
- Various services are paid for: from Internet access to buying game currency
- Debts are returned and private loans are repaid.
- Money is transferred to friends and relatives for expenses.
Commission - 1%. Translations are online . The size of the commission may seem high when compared with the poison (0.5%) and Webmoney (traditional 0.8%). However, the convenience and ease of translation justify this unit. In addition, most of the commission goes to the bank.
Yes, and 1% of the percent
can be avoided , for this, simply replenish the QIWI recipient's purse in the QIWI terminal - in the Electronic Commerce section:
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Transfers between users were previously, but due to the fact that the legal basis for this form of activity was not determined, this function did not advance and was announced and as a result, very few people used it - although they were absolutely free!
Mobile applications and communicators are actively developing.
QIWI Wallet mobile site launched:
m.qiwi.ru. Site functionality is limited to 2 most necessary things:
- Quick payment of selected payments
- Downloading Payment Applications for various mobile platforms
To date, applications have been developed for the following platforms: Java, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Android:
In the Appendices there is everything: the possibility of withdrawing money in banks, money transfers and transfers between users are available, payment from the personal account Beeline.
Entry into force of law
QIWI Wallet experienced a stormy beginning of April. If at the beginning of April I saw a lot of broken terminals, now everyone is working. Who went to work with the bank, someone got registered in the tax and fiscalized.
If in the first week of April we observed a fall in turnover of
10-15% compared with March, now everything has returned to normal.
True, in some cities it has become much smaller than QIWI terminals, for example, in Kazan. I would be very happy if you
tell me
what the situation is in your city.
Another news, in terminals where QIWI Wallet was turned off - it all worked.
Check it out .
And see you at RIF + CIB 2010
It will take place next week. Participation in the event was paid. Did it affect your decision to go there or not?