WebMoney
Parent WebMoney Transfer Ltd[4] | | |
Website | Official website |
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WebMoney is an
Service
WebMoney users' funds are stored in a "purse", which holds
WebMoney provides an application called WebMoney Keeper for using their payments services, for Microsoft Windows,
History
The company was founded in November 1998 in Russia[5] as a money transfer system for United States dollars, in the wake of the 1998 Russian financial crisis that had led to increased US dollar use in Russia.[1][2]
In November 2015, WebMoney Europe Ltd, based in
In 2019,
In March 2019, the international settlement system WebMoney introduced a
The WebMoney Transfer system offered the solution of accepting payments via QR code for restaurants and shops. Customers need to scan a QR code displayed on the cash till screen and confirm the payment. In 2019, Burger King Russia has partnered with WebMoney Transfer to integrate QR code payments for customers.[19]
On February 11, 2022, the Central Bank of Russian Federation revoked the license of KKB Bank JSC, the guarantor and the settlement bank for WebMoney's Russian ruble wallets, freezing WebMoney's funds on KKB's accounts.[20][21]
In Ukraine
In June 2013, the
In March 2015, the Ukrainian guarantor's bank accounts were released after a court ruling. Later that year, the National Bank of Ukraine[26] and the State Savings Bank of Ukraine[27] partnered with WebMoney.UA.
In May 2018, the National Bank of Ukraine has abolished the registration of the inner-state payment system WebMoney.UA (the subsidiary of 'Financing company ElMI', Kyiv) as it was put on the sanctions list of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[28]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781466573055.
- ^ ISBN 9781137382559.
- ^ "Company Overview of WM Transfer Ltd". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ^ "WebMoney Owner and Administrator". WebMoney. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ a b Muel, Melisande, ed. (2011-11-14). "Exclusive Interview: Vladimir Sharko, Director, International Business Development, WebMoney Transfer". The Paypers. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- Yandex.Money. 2014-05-29. Archivedfrom the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "WebMoney Europe: We are not just an e-wallet, we create the environment for doing business online". Banks.eu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "WebMoney Statistics". WebMoney. 2020-05-29. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "WebMoney Owner and Administrator". WebMoney. Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ ISBN 9781137568700.
- ^ Finberg, Ron (2013-06-19). "Is WebMoney the Next Liberty Reserve?". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Keeper WinPro (Classic)". WebMoney. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Keeper Mobile". WebMoney. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ Kaspersky, Kris (2006-10-01). "Голая правда о WebMoney" [The Naked Truth About WebMoney]. Hacker. No. 94. pp. 62–68. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Finextra (2015-11-17). "WebMoney gets European e-money license". Finextra Research. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "WME EU License Notice". 2020-10-29.
- ^ "Sberbank customers can now transfer money from their cards using recipient phone number". Finextra Research. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "WebMoney запускает систему идентификации клиентов по видео". profile.ru.
- ^ "Burger King, WebMoney team up for QR code payment solution". www.thepaypers.com. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "WebMoney halts operations with Russian wallets from February 11". TASS. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "The Central Bank revoked the license of the Astrakhan bank "KKB"". AK&M Information Agency. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "UAH 60 mln of Ukrainians blocked in WebMoney by tax authorities". QHA. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
- ^ Dixon, Julia. "Ukraine freezes WebMoney bank accounts". DGC Magazine.
- ^ "WebMoney Ukraine says tax evasion charges are 'absurd'". Russian Legal Information Agency. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ a b "WebMoney says Ukrainian arm resumes transactions". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Внутрішньодержавні платіжні системи та міжнародні платіжні системи, платіжними організаціями яких є резиденти". National Bank of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2015-05-21. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ Karpus, Vadim (2015-06-18). ""Ощадбанк" стал партнёром Webmoney.UA (Oschadbank has become WebMoney.UA's partner)". ITC.ua (in Russian). Hotline LLC. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ National Bank of Ukraine excludes WebMoney from register of inner-state payment systems. 112 Ukraine. 2018-05-25.