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BESP

RTGS

Banking Electronic Speedy Payment system - Russia's RTGS within the Bank of Russia Payment System (BRPS). Provides nationwide real-time gross settlement for urgent interbank payments and large-value transfers. Liquidity saving mechanisms available. Part of BRPS alongside VER (intraregional) and MER (interregional) systems.

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Record · BESP

Country
Russia (RU)
Currency
Russian Ruble (RUB)
Operator
Bank of Russia (CBR)
Type
RTGS
Operating Window
06:00–18:00 UTC · Mon–Fri
Year Established
2007
Tier?
Tier 1
ISO 20022?
Legacy
Region
Europe
Settlement Type?
Gross
Participants
All banks with CBR correspondent accounts
Avg Daily Transactions
~28,400 (2023)
Avg Daily Value
~RUB 12.6T/day (2023)
Availability
Business days
Notes

BESP rebranded as 'Urgent Transfer Service' (Сервис срочного перевода) within unified BRPS framework. CBR Table T5 provides service-level breakdown: 2023 urgent transfer: 7.158M tx / RUB 3,177T (89.9% of BRPS by value). Derived daily averages: ~28,400 tx/day, ~RUB 12.6T/day. Combined BRPS 2024: 56.7M tx / RUB 5,269.4T (+30.4% tx, +49.1% value). 2024 urgent-transfer breakdown not yet confirmed from public sources. SBP within BRPS: 13.4B tx / RUB 69.5T in 2024. BIS ceased receiving Russian data after February 2022.

Bank of Russia (CBR) official website →
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Operations · BESP

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Intelligence for BESP (1)

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AnalysisMar 27, 2026Headline names “BESP”
Russia's BESP Settles RUB 14 Trillion Daily as Bank of Russia Consolidates Payment Architecture
Originally launched as BESP in 2007, Russia's RTGS function was absorbed into the Bank of Russia's unified payment platform around 2019. The urgent transfer service now processes approximately RUB 4,130 trillion annually, making it one of the largest RTGS systems globally by value, though transaction count data remains undisclosed.
Operator source · Bank of Russia