Financial intermediation

Up to 30 credit institutions may leave the Russian market in 2022. RBC writes about this, referring to the data of the Expert RA rating agency.

Ukraine may stop paying debts to foreign countries, citing the threat of a Russian "invasion". This was stated on February 17 by Ukrainian economist Yuriy Gavrilechko.

Russia's transition to its own systems for the transmission of financial information in the event of a disconnection from SWIFT will complicate the connection of Russian banks with foreign ones and will cost more.

The monthly pension, according to the respondents, should be 55.5 thousand rubles, according to Izvestia, citing a study by SberNPF.

The average limit on credit cards in December 2021 amounted to 82.7 thousand rubles, which is 23% more than a year earlier, and is a record for the entire history of observations.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia proposes to allow foreigners access to the purchase of cryptocurrency both through Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and on existing foreign exchanges.

France will allocate €1.2 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine to stabilize the economy.

Sweden will send 50 million Swedish kronor (about $5.5 million) to Ukraine.

Since Tuesday, February 1, Sberbank has raised mortgage rates on ready-made and housing under construction by 1 percentage point to 10.3%.

Banning cryptocurrencies can only lead to the development of a shadow market, so the best step is to find ways to regulate them.

The Russian payment service KogopaRaw (the international name of Golden Crown) should not be allowed to register its trademark in Sweden.

US President Joe Biden has always come across as a very experienced and wise man, and his threats to deprive Russian banks of the ability to conduct transactions with the US dollar are probably related to his environment.

A group of financiers engaged in illegal banking activities was detained in Moscow.

52% of Russians make transfers through the Fast Payment System regularly, 45% have never used it.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, said that the increase in the pensions of non-working pensioners after indexation by 8.6% would amount to an average of 1.4 thousand rubles.