The Central Bank today revoked the license from Strela Bank, which was involved in payments between travel agents and tour operators along with Kiwi Bank.
“The credit organization Strela Bank JSC specialized in providing money transfer services between Kiwi Bank (JSC) and other participants in the banking services market”,
– it is indicated in a press release on the regulator’s website. According to him, the bank provided settlements between individuals and shadow businesses. These are transfers in favor of crypto exchanges, illegal online casinos, and bookmakers.
As one of the sources suggested TourDom.ru revocation of the license may adversely affect the prospect of repayment of payments for tours that did not reach tour operators after the February shutdown of Kiwi Bank and now Strela. It was to Strela, in particular, that Alfa-Bank transferred money – travel agents paid for tours through its personal accounts. Accordingly, for travel agents, according to the logic of our interlocutor, the chances of receiving their funds decrease.
As we wrote, Coral Travel and Sunmar, in particular, insisted on re-paying for tours due to the revocation of the license from Kiwi Bank. However, Coral Travel assured us that they would find a way out of the situation. We quote the response of the company’s representative: “At the moment we are discussing refunds with Alfa-Bank. If they do not make refunds, we will take care of them and refund the money to the agencies.”
Earlier, information appeared in telegram channels that travel agents are already receiving suspended payments from Coral. However, these reports turned out to be premature.
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