Transferring money to Crimea from Russia

Do you need to send money to someone you know or relatives to Crimea in 2019, but you don't know how to do it because of the events of past years? Then the information available in our article will come in handy for you.

To begin with, we recall that most of the Ukrainian banks represented on the territory of the peninsula have closed their branch network and ATM network. Therefore, if you need to send money there, you should not use Ukrainian bank accounts - even if the payment is made, the funds will be blocked.

Today, many Russian banks operate in Crimea, which have not only a wide network of branches, but also ATMs. If you need to send or receive money, you need to contact their offices.

In this situation, bank transfers can come to the rescue, carried out on the account of Russian banks. They charge a small commission (up to 3%), however, funds can be received at the checkout without hindrance.

In each of them, you can issue an instant issuance debit card, for example - PRO100. What is its advantage? And the fact that you can easily make a bank transfer to it from anywhere in Russia.

Procedure:

• After issuing a card , the recipient must tell you the details of the card - its number and account number, if necessary - the data of the branch where the card was issued.
• You come to the cashier in your bank, pay the required amount and commission and make a transfer. To do this, you only need your passport and details of the person for whom the money will be transferred.

Very popular in this case is RNKB Bank, which offers its clients a variety of translation options:

1. Without opening an account for cash withdrawal,
2. With the opening of an account for receiving a non-cash payment,
3. Urgent international transfers without opening an account. A fee of 0.4% is charged for payments to CIS countries and 2% for payments to other countries. No commission for issuing money.
4. Transfer to a card, which can be sent from any office of the RNKB Bank or using payment. To replenish the card account, do the following: select the menu "Banking services" - RNKB - "Top up an account or card" - Enter the number of the card / account. There are about 3900 terminals in Russia throughout its territory, which makes this type of payment very convenient;
5. If you need to send money to the Crimea to the RNKB card, then you can use the Qiwi electronic wallets or its terminal. In the Qiwi terminal, you need to select: "Payment for services" - "Banking services" - "RNCB bank" - "Card number" and specify the details. The commission will be 1.6% of the amount, but not less than 100 rubles.
6. If, on the contrary, you need to make a transfer to Russia, then you can make it online without a commission, also to the Qiwi wallet account. To do this, you connect to Internet banking at the bank, register in your personal account. Next, select the section "Electronic money (wallets)" - fill out the form with details - make a payment.

In addition, you can use the services of the Bank of Russia, in the branches of which you can make a transfer without opening an account. From the documents you will need a passport and TIN (if any).

Commission charged:

• when transferring to an account in the bank "Russia" - 1.5% of the amount (from 100 to 2000 rubles);
• when transferring to an account in another bank - 2% of the amount (from 150 to 3000 rubles).

In the branches of the Genbank You can receive an international transfer through the Unistream system. Therefore, if you need to send money from another country, you can use this method, official website unistream.ru

In addition, you can use: sending via Russian post by simple money transfer, electronic wallets. Also, interbank transfers through banks operating on the peninsula still operate, most often they apply for this service to Krayinvestbank.

We remind you that Western Union, Leader, Zolotaya Korona money transfer systems do not work in Crimea!

Another way to quickly send money is to an electronic wallet. However, it is suitable for those who already have such a wallet, the registration of which takes more than one day. No documents are required to send, and the amount arrives quickly enough.

Suitable systems are Webmoney, Yandex Money, [email protected]. For them, restrictions are set on the transfer of funds, and a commission may also be provided.