ATMs were unable to accept the new five thousandth notes
Some ATM machines in Russia still do not accept the new five thousandth notes. Two eyewitnesses told Izvestia about this problem. One of them could not deposit money to the ATM of Alfa-Bank, and the other could not deposit money to VTB.
Some ATMs in Russia now really do not accept new five-thousandth notes, the press service of Sovcombank reported. Signals about such a problem are also seen in Novikom. They explained that this is due to the fact that ATM manufacturing companies that have been present on the market for the past two decades left the Russian Federation after the start of a special military operation. Since then, they have not supported the application software and have not developed templates for new banknotes for Russia.
The Bank of Russia receives isolated complaints about the operation of the equipment that accepts banknotes, the press service of the Central Bank confirmed to Izvestia. They clarified: most ATM's with the recirculation function accept them, the configuration of the rest is completed.
The Central Bank presented new banknotes with a face value of 5,000 rubles back in October 2023. They began to be introduced into mass circulation in the fall of 2024, said Fyodor Sidorov, founder of the School of Practical Investment.
Despite the postponement of the issue of banknotes, credit institutions did not have time to prepare all the equipment. Currently, about 15% of cash registers in Russia may not accept new five-thousand-dollar bills, estimated Alexey Voylukov, MBA professor of business practice in digital finance at RANEPA, former vice president of the Association of Banks of Russia. According to him, in Moscow this figure can reach up to a quarter.
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