Telecom operators and banks will inform digital services about the death of customers

Telecom operators and banks in Russia will send information about the death of clients to digital platforms, this will allow them to quickly block inactive accounts on the Internet in order to combat fraud, said Tatyana Skvortsova, director of the department for the development of digital identification technologies of the Ministry of Digital Development.

“We are developing, together with the platforms, additional scenarios, including sending information about fraudsters, information about victims, information about the deceased from telecom operators and banks to digital platforms, because it seems to us that this is very significant information in order to block such accounts (accounts - ed.),” Skvortsova said at a session of the Digital Solutions forum.

She explained that the possibility of exchanging information about scammers and victims is already being launched, and no additions to the legislation are required.

In addition, the issue of responsibility for failure to take appropriate measures after sending signals about fraud to the Antifraud GIS is also being discussed. It is also expected to connect digital platforms to this system in the near future, she added.

“We now have a couple of digital platforms, including Yandex, connected. We are waiting for our colleagues from Avito and RVB to also connect and begin to receive these signals and take appropriate measures,” she concluded.