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16:22, 23 August 2019 2233 views
Fintech without borders. Digital Eurasia ”- a new international platform starts in the CIS capital
In November Minsk will host delegates from the International PLUS-Forum.

17:09, 20 August 2019 1600 views
Bank of Russia to implement open APIs forcibly and quickly
Last week, the Bank of Russia disclosed their vision of open APIs development in the banking sector at a hushed meeting with bankers held at the Fintech Association.

17:00, 13 August 2019 2047 views
Fare payments go contactless at Moscow land transport
Mosgortrans, the main operator of the Moscow passenger transport system, will equip all city routes with a new type of validators to pay fares using a card or smartphone by early September.

17:01, 7 August 2019 1997 views
WIZZIT receives global accreditation for their payment authentication product
Banks are losing billions of dollars a year to the exponential increase in payment fraud. The reputational risk for banks could be crippling.

09:40, 29 July 2019 1793 views
State Duma adopts amendments related to non-resident payment systems operation
The State Duma adopted, in the third reading, a law imposing a number of requirements on the e-wallets and other electronic payment instruments issued by foreign payment service providers (AliPay, WeChat, etc.) operating in the Russian Federation.

10:00, 25 July 2019 1739 views
Russia’s Mir card transactions exceed one billion within six months
In the first half of 2019, Russians made over 1 billion interbank transactions using their Mir cards – more than twice as much comparing to the same period last year.  

09:56, 25 July 2019 2008 views
E-passports issue to begin in July 2020
The paper passports will cease to be issued in 2022, says Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov.

16:23, 15 July 2019 1961 views
McDonald's to open at Sberbank
Sberbank and McDonald's intend to open joint points of service by the end of 2019, says First Deputy Chairman of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin.

16:20, 15 July 2019 2485 views
Visa reduces fees for small card acceptors
From July 9, the international payment system Visa launches a one-year pilot project to reduce merchant fees to 1% for small outlets and stalls.

17:53, 8 July 2019 1823 views
Bank of Russia expects non-cash payments in Russia to account for 80% in four years
The share of non-cash payments in Russia is expected to reach 80% in four years, said First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Olga Skorobogatova, speaking at the International Financial Congress.

13:08, 8 July 2019 1815 views
Sberbank Defends Titles of the Most Valuable and Strongest Russian Brand
Sberbank tops the Brand Finance Russia 50 ranking of the country’s most valuable brands yet again as its brand value increases 26% to ₽842.2 billion

09:38, 2 July 2019 1702 views
Bank of Russia to send financial messages to non-bank client legal entities
The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill that empowers the Bank of Russia to send financial messages to Russian and non-resident legal entities for a fee.

09:33, 2 July 2019 1561 views
FinTech Startups Directory launched in Russia
A pioneer online catalogue of FinTech startups developed by Fintech Lab, Russia, includes 205 projects to date.

09:28, 2 July 2019 1612 views
BRICS payment systems integration will improve operations security
This opinion was voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS leaders meeting held ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019.

17:59, 25 June 2019 1708 views
QR code payment pilot may start in retail this autumn, RF Minister Denis Manturov says
The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has announced that the QR code payment pilot scheduled for the autumn of 2019 will be run within the framework of the existing payment system, including retail chains.

18:56, 18 June 2019 2537 views
OCTOBER PLUS-FORUM 2019. MAIN TOPICS OF KEY CASH CIRCULATION EVENT ANNOUNCED
The main topics of the 11th International PLUS-Forum ‘Cash Circulation + Self-service. Banking and Retail’ are announced. The event will be held on October 2–3, 2019 in the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center, Moscow.

15:01, 18 June 2019 1620 views
Russian banks to launch remote collection of biometric data by year end
Dmitry Dubynin, Head of FinTech Analysis and Regulation at the Bank of Russia, informs that banks should have had remote biometrics collection services in place before the end of 2019.

14:39, 10 June 2019 1718 views
Huawei acquires intellectual property rights of Russian biometrics developer
Huawei Techcompany, the Russian subsidiary of the Chinese corporation, and Hong Kong Huawei Digital Technologies Co., Ltd. reportedly became co-owners of Igl Softlab that earlier acquired patent and equipment rights from a Moscow security technology company called Vocord. A Huawei representative...

14:38, 3 June 2019 2419 views
The tenth PLUS-Forum 2019 in May : the anniversary celebrant sets a new popularity record
The 10th anniversary International PLUS-Forum “Cards, Payments and Mobile” gathered over 1,500 delegates at Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center in the last days of May.

17:04, 27 May 2019 1955 views
Non-cash payments account for more than 60% in Russia
Speaking at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Olga Skorobogatova said that according to May financial indicators, non-cash payments in Russia already accounted for 61% (cash payments – 39%).