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...

The volume of state support to the banking sector totaled Rb 1.7 trillion in 2015. In particular, recapitalization of major banks has exceeded Rb 1.1 trillion of which major state banks received Rb 800bn. These measures maintained capital adequacy at the required level

The resolution of Bank Otkrytie FC will be the first case of applying a recently introduced new mechanism for the resolution of commercial banks. The mechanism enables the Bank of Russia to control more efficiently bank resolution costs and can tilt the balance between banking license revocation...

In Q1 2016, the banking sector earnings went up significantly compared to last year. This fact has noticeably maintained the banking sector capitalization by offsetting a reduction of other sources of banks' own funds. However, the profits generated by regular bank transactions remain noticeably...