In April 2014, Russia's banking sector witnessed a continuation of the trends observed over the several previous months: the share of state-owned banks continued to increase in all major segments of the banking services market; the growth rate of retail lending remained on the decline, while the...

Banks’ assets contracted in August due to the shrinking of basically all key types of bank assets. It is only retail accounts and deposits that showed minor positive dynamics, although the downtrend in growth rates was still in place. This also pushed down the growth in the credit portfolio....

The Central Bank’s new management have revoked the banking license of 7% of banks which were operating last year. Additionally, the following trends in the development of the banking sector developed most visibly during the elapsed 12 months: retail market segments – retail loans and retail...

In July, revocations of banking licenses continued. Asset growth was signifi cantly slowed down as a result of shrinkage of their principal sources – corporate funds and foreign liabilities, as well as a very slow movement of individual deposits. Growth of interest rates has so far produced...

In early 2015, Russia’s banking sector was operating under an increasing impact from several negative trends that had first become prominent towards the end of 2014. January 2015 became the second-in-a-row loss making month for banks, the second-in-a-row month of declining debt against retail...

February 2015 saw almost all of the trends prevailing over the recent months: the retail credit portfolio saw nega- tive 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...

The trends towards slower growth rate and deterioration of the quality the retail credit portfolio continued in May 2014. Additionally, state-run banks kept strengthening their position in this segment of the banking service market. The banking business’s profi tability kept declining....

Growth rate in banks’ assets in October 2013 was accelerated with the resources of the Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance of Russia. Credit portfolio’s quality has deteriorated in both the retail and corporate segments of the lending market. Banking business keeps losing its...

In January 2014, banks generated extra revenues of Rb 39bn from the devaluation of the ruble , whereas adverse dynamics of household disposable incomes triggered worsening of the quality of retail loans. Banks keep being dependent on monetary authorities’ resources.

In December 2013 customers kept migrating to largest banks, above all, state-run ones regarding the key segments of the banking service market while basic balance sheet figures slowed down. A new highest value of the debt owed by banks to the monetary authorities overtopped Rb 4,5 trillion. For...