Roskomnadzor will limit transfer of payment information in Telegram

Telegram is in the list of foreign messengers, from March 1 the transfer of payment information and personal data through it for a number of organizations is limited. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of Roskomnadzor.

The department explained that, according to the amendments to the law “On Information” adopted last year, which are made in the register of foreign messengers, from March 1, 2023, it will be forbidden to connect the services of money transfers, and the structures performing the “state task” will be, will be It is forbidden to send personal data to them, information about payments and bank accounts.

It is worth noting that restrictions are introduced against the backdrop of decisions of some banks to organize online banking inside instant messengers, including Telegram.

In particular, such services create banks that, due to US sanctions, cannot publish their mobile applications in the App Store and Google Play.

/Media reports cited above.