Banks

The US Senate supported an increase in the national debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion to $31.4 trillion.

Banks of Belarus have joined the financial messaging system (FMS) of the Central Bank of Russia.

In 2022, the main trends that may have an impact on the macroeconomics will be the end of the era of free money in the stock markets and the transformation of space into a new "Wild West".

Russia has become one of the countries where the cheapest money transfers are made. This follows from the World Bank report.

From the second half of 2022, the Bank of Russia is going to use a mechanism to limit the issuance of consumer loans.

Last year, only 80 attacks on financial institutions and post offices were recorded.

Mastercard has announced plans to launch credit, debit and prepaid cryptocurrency cards in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sberbank Europe Banking Group (Sberbank Europe AG, 100% owned by Russian Sberbank) has signed an agreement on the sale of its subsidiary credit institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. This was reported by the press service of the bank.

The Bank of Russia has revoked the banking license from the Samara’s «Sputnik» bank.

The Taliban have repeatedly demanded the US central bank and its allies in Western Europe to release cash reserve assets that belong to Afghanistan. 

The most reliable banks in Russia are Sberbank, VTB and Alfa-Bank

Many large Russian banks began to raise interest rates on deposits

The central bank sharply raised the key rate by 0.75 percentage points - 7.5 to percent per annum

Russia is currently one of the five leaders in terms of international reserves, second only to China, Japan, Switzerland and India.

The US House of Representatives approved a temporary increase in the permitted level of public debt, Reuters reported.