Transfer money to a card – an economist spoke about the consequences of new card restrictions – UNIAN
Once income is verified, restrictions will not apply to citizens.
New limits on card transfers will reduce the risk of illegal transactions, but will push people to switch to cash or cryptocurrency.
This opinion was expressed by economist Alexander Savchenko on Ranok.Live, commenting on the signing of a memorandum between the NBU and banks on introducing more stringent restrictions on bank transfers.
“We see such pressure on the size of transactions every month. The pressure comes from the National Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Service, and the European Union puts pressure on them. But in the EU everything starts from 10 thousand euros. And here these amounts are much less,” the expert noted.
According to him, the justification for this pressure is the use of cards of poor Ukrainians and pensioners to conduct illegal transactions. These…