The UK regulator has appointed David Philip Soden, Robert Scott Fishman and Matthew Steven Roe, all of Teneo Financial Advisory Limited, as joint special administrators of Sberbank CIB. The special administration is a form of creditor protection that often precedes bankruptcy. The FCA said in a statement that the sanctions have led Sberbank's investment arm…
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The European Central Bank (ECB) had already ordered Sberbank's European unit to close. Sberbank has branches in many European counties including Austria, Croatia, Germany and Hungary. The bank’s Switzerland arm is not affected by the exit. Moscow Exchange The Moscow Exchange will not resume operations on Wednesday. The Russian markets operate pushed back the opening…
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Sberbank Europe issued a statement on the current situation: In the light of the latest geopolitical developments, several banks of Sberbank Europe Group registered significant outflow of client deposits within a very short time. In some subsidiary banks, this resulted in long waiting times in branches and partially in restricting the amount of daily cash…
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Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is planning a launch of a new blockchain trading platform and a native token Sberbcoin. Russian business news outlet RBC reported on Monday that Sberbank plans to release its digital currency Sberbcoin in 2021 around the same time as the Russian Central Bank prepares the launch of the digital ruble. Sberbank has…
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The lending giant has proposed to make to make all non-cash Rubles digital, developing its own model for the issuance and circulation of the digital Ruble. The country’s Central Bank had proposed a draft on the issuance of digital Rubles, considering it a third form of money. However, Sberbbank’s proposal differs from the Central Bank’s…
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Anthony Tattersall, Head of EMEA, Coursera: Today, many banks have fully embraced digitalization to keep pace with technology advancement. The pandemic has only accelerated these efforts, requiring employees to gain new digital skills to embrace the changing nature of their jobs. We are honored to partner with Sberbank to provide job-relevant online learning and help…
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Herman Gref, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank commented: Everyday tasks and interests of each customer are the top priorities all our actions revolve around. Therefore, any of our services should be simple, so that you don’t have to figure out how things work checking complicated manuals. They should also be convenient, give you…
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Bitcoin zealots and enthusiasts were jumping for joy last week when a Russian economist, a Professor Ginko, who works closely with the government, announced that Russia would soon be buying bitcoin. Before the professor could take a breath, the news went viral. He also noted that purchases could occur as soon as February of this…
Read moreSberbank CIB, the corporate and investment banking business of Russia's largest commercial bank, and National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announce the intention to test an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) technology at the Bank of Russia’s regulatory platform. Level One, a company that manages Moscow’s biggest commercial lecture hall, will be the issuer.…
Read moreRussian bank Sberbank today launched a new electronic trading offering within its investment banking division. The platform is called Sberbank Markets and supports multiple asset classes and streamlines trading, trade confirmation and settlement. Sberbank claims this will lead to lower processing costs. Sberbank Markets provides the bank's clients with access to Sberbank's FX liquidity, offers…
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