In 2013 the situation in the banking sector of the RF underwent major changes. On the one hand, the volume indicators of the banking sector continued to grow, although more slowly than before. However, this growth was mainly due to aggressive behaviour of the banks in the consumer lending...

This work is aimed at the study of the state of regional banking system in the Russian Federation and revealing their influence on the investment processes (investments in the real sector of economy) in the regions. The authors analyzed main characteristics of regional banking systems. Aggregate...

In November, in the wake of the number of revoked licenses the growth rates of bank assets have reached their highest level since the end of the 1990s. Banks continue reducing their dependence on the monetary authorities amid the lack of the credit market recovery. The November profit of the...

Banks continue shedding liabilities before the monetary authorities and nonresidents amid the credit market stagnation. In October, for the first time the banking sector's profit has reached the level of last year, however, the operating profit remains rather low on the whole

In 2016, Russian banks' total asset holdings contracted by 3.5% in nominal terms – from Rb 83.0 trillion as of January 1, 2016 to Rb 80.0 trillion as of January 1, 2017. In 2015, Russian banks' total asset holdings increased 6.9%. The decline in the nominal value of banks' asset holdings in...

In Q1 2015, there emerged the first signs of two negative trends approaching a break point: the inflow of individual funds into bank accounts and deposits finally reappeared, and after several months of negative financial results the banking sector managed to finish March 2015 in the black. At...

February 2015 saw almost all of the trends prevailing over the recent months: the retail credit portfolio saw negative growth rates, the quality of the credit portfolio kept deteriorating both in the corporate and retail segments of the credit market, the debt owed to non-residents kept...

Late in 2014, Russia's banking sector was driven by the ruble's devaluation and mounting crisis-related developments in the economy, firstly the decline in real disposable household income. Banks sustained big losses for the first time since 2009, and the money market regulator strengthened its...

In 2017, banking sector demonstrated moderate development trends across main indicators. Asset holdings went up by 6 percent during the year somewhat below nominal growth rate of Russia's GDP. The ratio of banks' asset holdings and annual GDP remained at 91–92 percent for the second year in a...

In October, the only source of growth of banks' fund raising were government agencies, including the Central Bank. All other sectors acted as net beneficiaries. As a result, banking sector own liquidity (liquid assets less funds of monetary authorities) reached the minimum level in both,...