Bank of Russia to launch digital ruble pilot in April
Olga Skorobogatova, first deputy chair of the central bank, announced the news.
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Olga Skorobogatova, first deputy chair of the central bank, announced the news.
“The refinancing and lending process will be extremely simple and 100% digital,” Tinkoff states.
Finastra’s Fusion Essence Cloud solution will power the bank’s planned subsidiary in the Philippines.
Russian bank buys controlling stake in self-employed contractor payment automation software specialist.
Pavel Fedorov joins Oliver Hughes from the company’s board of directors.
Settlement Centre at VTB Bank: green, efficient and innovative.
Reports suggest the move is part of a wider strategy to enter the Asian market.
Bank of Russia asks stock exchanges not to list crypto-adjacent companies.
Russian neobank seeks to monitor high volumes of data.
Russian bank expects change programme to reap rewards in the next few years.
Dolyame.ru offers interest-free instalment payments for FMCG goods.
Firm known as “the Amazon of Russia” steps into fintech space.
The local internet giant plans to rival Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay.
Axia is deploying on top of ATON’s in-house system.
“Some of our services can be activated within a day.”
In 2020, VTB launched a total of 1,280 software development teams.
Russia announced its new cryptocurrency law this year.
“People think we just bought a load of start-ups and slapped our name on them,” says CTO.
Internal email suggests agreement was lost on nature of the merger.
Tinkoff claims to have acquired 1.7 million new credit accounts since the beginning of this year.
Sber has launched a series of digital services alongside its tech company revamp.
Russian tech giant plans to snap up the country’s largest online bank.
The geoplatform is already available in 50 major cities in Russia.
The CEO of Yandex Money talks about financial inclusivity in Russia.
It would operate under Russia’s new cryptocurrency law.
Users could already make donations manually via the app.
It plans to introduce 60 digital employees by 2021 & 250 digital employees by the end of 2022.
VTB is looking for new retail and corporate solutions.
The bank is offering its 10 million customers an ‘Investment Box’.
The bank says 1,000 users have downloaded the app.
Payments will be able to work in messenger apps via a bot.
VTB wants to reach 70% automation in its claims’ operations.
Currently its C2C service is available in 20 countries.
The joint venture will be accessible via an API to “all interested market players”.
These new sandboxes will be subject to lighter regulations.
Europe and USA have to create their own ecosystems to compete with the East.
All the new forms of digital interaction are getting particularly vulnerable to fraudulent activities.
Rosfinmonitoring chief talks up Russia’s clampdown on criminals.
Deutsche officials were made aware that the scope of the DoJ probe had broadened.
The Russian bank will challenge Yandex which currently has the monopoly.