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Russian government plans combined identity, payment cards

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Beznosov Russian government plans combined identity, payment cards
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Russians may receive universal identity and payment cards from the government that would streamline the payment of pensions and taxes, and even be used like bank cards in stores.

Russians may receive universal identity and payment cards from the government that would streamline the payment of pensions and taxes, and even be used like bank cards in stores.

The Kremlin press service said on Wednesday that President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin would present a draft law "on a national payment system" to parliament by March 31.

Medvedev proposed creating a national payment system late in 2009, and ordered the law to be drawn during a meeting on Russia's financial development on February 9.

The plan is to issue plastic identity cards with microchips containing the holder's personal information and combining the features of a social security card and a bank card, enabling people to pay taxes, draw pensions and buy products in shops.

MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti)

 

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