Bank of Russia sets up fintech body and gains internet-blocking powers

Central bank holds policy rate saying recent fall in prices due to “temporary” factors

Bank of Russia
The Bank of Russia

Russia's central bank has launched an association for financial technology development and gained new powers to deal with suspected online financial crime.

The fintech association's supervisory board is chaired by Bank of Russia deputy governor Olga Skorobogatova, the central bank announced on February 2. The board also includes the central bank's director for financial technology, Vadim Kalukhov. The association consists of "major financial market participants" as well as the central bank.

Th

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.