OREANDA-NEWS Forbes magazine published an annual rating of Russian and foreign banks offering private banking services to their customers. For the first time in four years of its existence, Alfa Private was on the first line of the Russian rating, ahead of Sberbank, the leader of the previous three years, by 0.1 points.

Over the year, Alfa increased the entry threshold for Moscow customers from $0.5 million to $1 million, for regional ones - from $250 thousand to $550 thousand. The average check reached $5 million. The average check of Sberbank increased from $3.8 million to $4 , 1 million, entry threshold - 100 million rubles.

  1. Alpha Private (84.4 points).
  2. Sberbank Private Banking (84.3).
  3. Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (83.9).
  4. VTB Private Banking (73.9). 
  5. UniCredit Private Banking Russia (69.3).

The top five foreign banks remained virtually unchanged from last year. Citi Private Bank, which manages about $460 billion, has become a newcomer among the leaders.