Bank of Russia registered a new payment system Astrasend, which plans to engage in cross-border transfers between individuals, as well as from individuals to legal entities and vice versa. Astrasend is not going to work inside the country. Operator of the new system is NPO Inkahran, which belongs to the Moscow Credit Bank. The market has a high demand for remittances abroad, and major players have left it, which gives AstraSend an opportunity to occupy the vacated niche, experts say.