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Russia Courts Foreign Banks as Funding Crunch Overtakes Politics
February 8th, 2016
Goldman, Citigroup among 20 foreign underwriters approached Allianz says Russia needs to tap Eurobond market this year Pressure is mounting on Russia to break the vow of abstinence on selling Eurobonds it has maintained since the U.S. and Europe ...
Deutsche Bank Tally of Suspect Russia Trades Said at $10 Billion
December 22nd, 2015
Beyond mirror trades, $4 billion in transactions were flagged Regulators said to have received review results in September Deutsche Bank AG has identified as much as $4 billion in suspicious transactions related to its Russian operations, in addition to ...
Russian central bank issues new payment cards to take on Visa and MasterCard
December 21st, 2015
Thirty-five Russian banks have agreed to participate in the launch of a new national payments card intended to challenge the dominance of Visa and MasterCard. So far, seven of the banks have tested the basic functions of the new’ ...
On the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the People’s Bank of China
December 21st, 2015
Heads of governments of Russia and China during their 20th Meeting, held in Beijing on December 17, 2015, welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by Governor of the Bank of Russia, Ms. Elvira Nabiullina, and Governor of ...
China’s ICBC to open clearing bank in Russia to boost yuan-ruble trade
December 15th, 2015
The world’s largest bank by assets and market cap, China’s ICBC, is planning to open a clearing bank in Russia for trade settlements in yuan and rubles. “ICBC, as the biggest bank dealing with CNY business in ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Wants To Adopt Blockchain. Not Bitcoin
December 11th, 2015
Sberbank, the biggest bank in Russia might adopt blockchain technology in the future. The bank plans to join the international consortium R3 and develop blockchain based services. However, as in the case of other international big banks, it doesn’t plan to use ...
Russia’s Central Bank adds yuan to reserve currency basket
December 1st, 2015
According to the sources, the share of Russian reserves in yuan in the near future will remain small and symbolic Russia’s Central Bank has added the Chinese yuan to the foreign exchange reserve basket, two sources close to the ...
Tehran Approves Russian-Iranian Bank Proposal
November 19th, 2015
The bank will initially focus on investment in bilateral trade and other joint economic projects Iran approved the Russian proposal to establish a bank for investment in joint economic projects, a deputy co-chair of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission said ...
Deutsche Bank to close almost all Russian operations: sources
September 15th, 2015
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has decided to close its Russian operations, apart from transaction banking services, two financial sources told Reuters on Monday. Such a move would make Russia the first casualty of a sweeping plan to shrink the group’s ...
Deutsche Bank Said to Probe Senior Russia Employee Over Bribes
August 24th, 2015
Deutsche Bank AG’s internal probe into possible money laundering at its Russian unit has sparked an investigation into whether a senior employee took bribes, people with knowledge of the situation said. The bribery investigation is in its early stages, ...
