Electronic money will go into offline

Qiwi WebMoney and began negotiations with the parties to the retail consumer market to launch a service that will pay with electronic money in traditional stores, according to Lenta.Ru on Wednesday, April 20, referring to the business press. Qiwi plans to test electronic cash payments in early summer on a small network of cafes, said a source at the company. WebMoney has not yet reported the timing of innovations. How it will operate a system of cashless payment, it is not clear - is likely to request a withdrawal will be confirmed via SMS. Buyer will be enough to call the cashier a phone number, then confirm the SMS-Coy consent payment. The amount of commission for such a servant is not yet known. At the moment when making an electronic payment using a purse Qiwi commission or of one percent, or no fee at all. The purpose of operators of electronic purses is to provide active customers additional possibility of using electronic money. However, the legislative treatment of electronic money is not clearly regulated, which may create some difficulties. Qiwi and WebMoney - the largest market participants of electronic money in Russia. Over three quarters of 2010, the turnover of this market in Russia, according to some estimates, totaled about 40 billion rubles.