What are the consequences of Russia's disconnection from the SWIFT system for Upwork/Payoneer users?

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dim-prog2021-04-13 09:52:20

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dim-prog, 2021-04-13 09:52:20

Colleagues who work with Upwork or Payoneer.
disturbing rumors are circulating in the press - they want to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT financial messaging system again.
How can this threaten users who are paid through foreign payment systems? Does this mean a complete freeze of funds?
As far as I understand, my Russian bank has a correspondent bank in the USA and disconnecting the Russian Federation from swift-a does not prevent the transfer of earned funds from Upwork or Payoneer to this correspondent bank. But swift messages to my bank will stop going, and my bank will not receive information on which account the money was transferred to (that is, they will probably fall into obscure ones).
But even if this problem resolves, my bank will not be able to send payment messages to manage funds from my correspondent bank account in the USA, respectively, my bank may refuse to spend foreign currency on me. That is, I see the risks that everything will freeze

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Ilya S, 2021-04-13
@Stalinko

SWIFT is all international payments.
If Russia is disconnected from SWIFT, the economy will simply collapse, and everyone will be affected.
So don't believe the rumors.
If we talk about unrealistic theories: if there are no international payments, then it will not work to transfer money to Russia. Only Payoneer or PayPal will remain. And then in a semi-legal form. And that is provided that MasterCard and Visa do not follow SWIFT. In any case, everyone will stand on their ears and look for ways around.

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Puma Thailand, 2021-04-13
@opium

yes, garbage is solved by an account in another country, who is smarter has long been opened

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Lutra, 2021-04-22
@Lutra90

This is a private company, and if it shows that it is being pursued by some kind of policy (even though these threats are fresh in 2014), then an alternative payment system will begin to develop. And so let's live by alternative systems - by the same telegraph.

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vladstudio, 2021-10-01
@vladstudio

The service for receiving funds from other Payoneer accounts is now deactivated for Russian users.
https://community.payoneer.com/ru/discussion/78389...

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Acckiyua, 2022-02-26
@Acckiyua

What's up there? That day has come :)
How will we be without upwork / payoneer now?