Financial news: How non-residents will invest in the Russian financial market: decisions of the Bank of Russia

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The Bank of Russia has defined the rules for servicing foreign investors, which got the right invest in the Russian financial market using new money.

According to the decree of the President, foreign investors have access to deposits in Russian credit institutions, securities both at organized trades in the unaddressed mode and at the initial placement, as well as instruments of the organized futures market. But in order to acquire assets, a foreigner must open an "In" account.

The Bank of Russia has established mode such accounts andconditions their opening in banks and professional participants. It is also prescribed that brokers and managers must keep separate records of assets of foreign investors, and banks and accounting institutions must exchange information when performing transactions on "In" accounts.

In addition, the Bank of Russia lifted restrictions for the purchase of foreign currency on the domestic market for foreign investors from unfriendly countries who will come to the Russian market and invest according to the new rules.

Foreigners who currently have "C" accounts can also invest through "In" accounts using the new money. However, the assets recorded in "C" accounts will remain under a restricted regime and cannot be used for investment.

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Financial news: Mutual funds will be allowed to reclassify.

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From March 1, 2026, mutual investment funds (MIF) will be able to change their status from “qual” to “non-qual”. The conditions necessary for reclassification are spelled out ininstructions of the Bank of Russia.

This opportunity is of interest primarily to those funds whose investment strategy initially assumed investments in high-risk projects, such as the construction of a shopping center or warehouses. However, subsequently, after the buildings are put into operation, such funds are ready to switch to a more conservative strategy.

In order to reclassify the fund, the management company will, in particular, need to bring the rules of trust management, as well as the composition and structure of the fund, into line with the requirements for mutual funds for non-qualified investors.

By the time the documents, including the adjusted rules, are sent to the Bank of Russia for registration, all units must be paid in full, and there must be no restrictions or grounds for termination with respect to the mutual fund itself.

The change of status will allow qualified investors to exit the project after the completion of its risky stage and attract new shareholders who will be able to receive investment income.

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Financial News: Official Analytical Information Publication Calendar for August 2025

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31.07.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values31.07.2025—Banking System Review (in accordance with the requirements of the IMF SDDS)*01.07.202501.08.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values06.08.2025—Average monthly actual rates on loans provided by Moscow banks in rubles and US dollars (MIACR, MIACR-IG, MIACR-B, MIACR USD)July 202506.08.2025—Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans provided to non-financial organizations)June 202506.08.2025—Information on allocated funds (information on loans granted to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs; small and medium-sized businesses)01.07.202506.08.2025 –Brief commentary "Lending to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs"01.07.202506.08.2025 –Information bulletin "Information on the mortgage housing lending market in Russia"01.07.202507.08.2025 –Financial assets and liabilities of the Households sector for selected financial instruments01.07.202507.08.2025 –Non-financial sector and household debt ratio for bank loans and issued debt securities01.07.202507.08.2025 –Key performance indicators of mutual investment fundsJune 202507.08.2025—Households sector transactions with financial assets and liabilities for individual financial instruments01.07.202507.08.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values07.08.202516:00International reserves of the Russian Federation (as of the beginning of the reporting date)08.08.202507.08.202516: 00International reserve assets (end of period) (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*July 202507.08.2025—Dynamic series of key performance indicators of mutual investment funds and joint-stock investment fundsJune 202508.08.2025—Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans granted to individuals; deposits of individuals and non-financial organizations)June 202508.08.2025—Information on average arithmetic interest rates on deposits of individuals in rubles, US dollars and eurosJune 202508.08.2025—Brief commentary "Interest rates on credit and deposit operations of credit institutions in rubles"June 202508/08/202511:00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values08.08.2025—Monetary base in a narrow definition01.08.202511.08.202516: 00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in goods (according to the balance of payments methodology)*June 202512.08.2025—Key Stock Market Indicators*July 202513.08.2025—Statistical Bulletin "Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"June 2025 08/14/2025 16:00Assessment of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-June 2025 08/14/2025 16:00Assessment of key aggregates of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-June 2025 08/14/2025 16:00Assessment of the external debt of the Russian Federation01.07.202514.08.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values14.08.2025—Central Bank Survey (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*01.08.202514.08.2025 –Short-term external debt of the Russian Federation by remaining maturity01.04.202514.08.2025 –Debt securities owned by Russian banks transferred under repo transactions with the Bank of Russia01.08.202514.08.2025 –Monetary base in a broad definition01.08.202515.08.2025 –Information on early repayment and refinancing of mortgage housing loansII quarter 2025 08/15/2025—Average daily turnover indicators of the interbank loan (deposit) market and repo transactionsJuly 2025 08/15/2025—Key derivative indicators of the ruble exchange rate dynamicsJuly 2025 08/15/2025 16:00The share of non-resident investments in the volume of bond issues of external bond loans of the Russian Federation01.07.202515.08.2025 –Dynamic series of the main indicators of the segment of individual investment accounts (IIA)II quarter 2025 08/15/202511:00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values15.08.202516:00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in services by monthJune 2025 08/15/2025—Currency structure of settlements for the supply of goods and provision of services under foreign trade contracts by geographic zones and currencies of states in accordance with the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05.03.2022 No. 430-rJune 202520.08.202516:00Assessment of upcoming changes in international reserves and other liquidity in foreign currency of the monetary authorities of the Russian Federation*01.08.202521.08.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values21.08.2025—Central Bank Review01.08.202521.08.2025 –Review of credit institutions01.08.202521.08.2025 –Overview of the banking system01.08.202521.08.2025 –Listed shares of Russian issuers traded on the domestic market01.08.202521.08.2025 –Money supply M2 (national definition)01.08.202521.08.2025 –Variable coupon debt securities issued on the domestic market by type of base indicator01.08.202521.08.2025 –Domestic debt securities issued by interest rate types01.08.202521.08.2025 –Domestic debt securities01.08.202522.08.2025 –International investment position of the Russian Federation in national and foreign currencies01.04.202522.08.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values26.08.202516:00The share of non-resident investments in the volume of federal loan bond issues01.08.202527.08.202516: 00The share of non-resident investments in the volume of federal loan bond issues01.08.202528.08.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values28.08.2025—Domestic debt securities included in the sustainable development sector01.08.202529.08.2025 –Financial accounts and balance sheets of financial assets and liabilities of the system of national accounts of the Russian Federation01.04.202529.08.2025 –Information on deposited funds (information on loans granted to individuals)01.08.202529.08.2025 –Information on attracted funds (information on funds of organizations, bank deposits (deposits) and other attracted funds of legal entities and individuals, budget funds in accounts opened in credit institutions)01.08.202529.08.2025 –Indicators of the housing (mortgage housing) lending market01.08.202529.08.2025 –Key performance indicators of non-state pension funds operating in the area of compulsory pension insuranceII quarter 2025 08/29/2025—Key performance indicators of non-state pension funds operating in non-state pension provisionII quarter 2025 08/29/2025—Banking System Review (in accordance with the requirements of the IMF SDDS)*01.08.202529.08.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values01.09.2025—Dynamic series of the main performance indicators of professional participants in the securities marketII quarter 2025 09/01/2025—Dynamic series of the main indicators of brokers' activitiesII quarter 202502.09.2025—Key indicators of the balance sheet and financial performance report of management companiesII quarter 2025 09/02/2025—Financial Sector Review01.04.202502.09.2025 –Review of other financial institutions01.04.202502.09.2025 –Dynamic series of key performance indicators of management companiesII quarter 2025 09/02/2025—Dynamic series of key performance indicators of trust managersII quarter 202509/04/2025—Average monthly actual rates on loans provided by Moscow banks in rubles and US dollars (MIACR, MIACR-IG, MIACR-B, MIACR USD)August 202509/04/202516:00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values05.09.2025—Information on the main performance indicators of the insurerJanuary-June 202505.09.2025—Non-financial sector and household debt ratio for bank loans and issued debt securities08.08.202505.09.202516: 00International reserves of the Russian Federation (as of the beginning of the reporting date)09.09.202505.09.202516: 00International reserve assets (end of period) (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*August 202509/05/2025—Information bulletin "Information on the mortgage housing lending market in Russia"08.08.202505.09.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values05.09.2025—Monetary base in a narrow definition01.09.202508.09.2025 –Financial assets and liabilities of the Households sector for selected financial instruments01.08.202508.09.2025 –Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans granted to individuals; deposits of individuals and non-financial organizations)July 202509/08/2025—Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans provided to non-financial organizations)July 202509/08/2025—Information on average arithmetic interest rates on deposits of individuals in rubles, US dollars and eurosJuly 202509/08/2025—Information on allocated funds (information on loans granted to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs; small and medium-sized businesses)01.08.202508.09.2025 –Households sector transactions with financial assets and liabilities for individual financial instruments01.08.202508.09.2025 –Brief commentary "Interest rates on credit and deposit operations of credit institutions in rubles"July 202509/08/2025—Brief commentary "Lending to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs"08.08.202509.09.2025 –Key performance indicators of mutual investment fundsJuly 202509.09.2025—Dynamic series of key performance indicators of mutual investment funds and joint-stock investment fundsJuly 202511.09.202516:00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values11.09.202516:00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in goods (according to the balance of payments methodology)*July 202512.09.2025—Key derivative indicators of the ruble exchange rate dynamicsAugust 2025 09/12/2025—Key Stock Market Indicators*August 2025 09/12/2025—Key performance indicators of housing savings cooperativesII quarter 2025 09/12/2025—Central Bank Survey (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*01.09.202512.09.2025 –Monetary base in a broad definition01.09.202512.09.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values15.09.2025—Statistical Bulletin "Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"July 202515.09.2025—Average daily turnover indicators of the interbank loan (deposit) market and repo transactionsAugust 202509/15/202516:00Assessment of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-July 2025 09/15/2025 16:00Assessment of key aggregates of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-July 202515.09.2025—Currency structure of settlements for the supply of goods and provision of services under foreign trade contracts by geographic zones and currencies of states in accordance with the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05.03.2022 No. 430-rJuly 202516.09.2025—Debt securities owned by Russian banks transferred under repo transactions with the Bank of Russia01.09.202516.09.202516: 00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in services by monthJuly 2025 09/18/2025 16:00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values19.09.202516:00Assessment of upcoming changes in international reserves and other liquidity in foreign currency of the monetary authorities of the Russian Federation*01.09.202519.09.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values22.09.2025—Central Bank Review01.09.202522.09.2025 –Review of credit institutions01.09.202522.09.2025 –Overview of the banking system01.09.202522.09.2025 –Money supply M2 (national definition)01.09.202523.09.2025 –Listed shares of Russian issuers traded on the domestic market01.09.202523.09.2025 –Variable coupon debt securities issued on the domestic market by type of base indicator01.09.202523.09.2025 –Domestic debt securities issued by interest rate types01.09.202523.09.2025 –Domestic debt securities01.09.202525.09.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values25.09.202516:00The share of non-resident investments in the volume of federal loan bond issues01.09.202526.09.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values29.09.2025—Domestic debt securities included in the sustainable development sector01.09.202530.09.2025 –Information on deposited funds (information on loans granted to individuals)01.09.202530.09.2025 –Information on attracted funds (information on funds of organizations, bank deposits (deposits) and other attracted funds of legal entities and individuals, budget funds in accounts opened in credit institutions)01.09.202530.09.2025 –Indicators of the housing (mortgage housing) lending market01.09.202530.09.202516: 00Balance of payments, international investment position and external debt of the Russian FederationII quarter 2025 09.30.202516:00Balance of Payments of the Russian Federation. Analytical PresentationII quarter 2025 09.30.202516:00Balance of Payments of the Russian Federation. Standard Components*II quarter 2025 09/30/2025—Banking System Review (in accordance with the requirements of the IMF SDDS)*01.09.202530.09.202516: 00International Investment Position of the Russian Federation. Standard Components (as of date)*01.07.202530.09.202516: 00International Investment Position of the Russian Federation. Main AggregatesII quarter 2025 09.30.202516:00External debt of the Russian Federation by maturity and financial instruments*01.07.202530.09.202516: 00External debt of the Russian Federation in national and foreign currencies01.07.202530.09.202516: 00External debt of the Russian Federation01.07.202501.10.2025 –Financial assets and liabilities of the Households sector01.07.202501.10.2025 –Households sector transactions with financial assets and liabilities01.07.202502.10.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values03.10.202511:00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values03.10.2025—Monetary base in a narrow definition01.10.202506.10.2025 –Average monthly actual rates on loans provided by Moscow banks in rubles and US dollars (MIACR, MIACR-IG, MIACR-B, MIACR USD)September 202507.10.2025—Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans provided to non-financial organizations)August 2025 10/07/2025—Information on allocated funds (information on loans granted to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs; small and medium-sized businesses)09.09.202507.10.2025 –Non-financial sector and household debt ratio for bank loans and issued debt securities01.09.202507.10.202516: 00International reserves of the Russian Federation (as of the beginning of the reporting date)01.10.202507.10.202516: 00International reserve assets (end of period) (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*September 202507.10.2025—Brief commentary "Lending to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs"09.09.202507.10.2025 –Information bulletin "Information on the mortgage housing lending market in Russia"09.09.202507.10.2025 –Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in services in the structure of the extended classification of services (according to the balance of payments methodology)II quarter 2025 10/08/2025—Financial assets and liabilities of the Households sector for selected financial instruments09.09.202508.10.2025 –Average weighted interest rates on loans and deposits and the structure of loans and deposits by maturity (information on loans granted to individuals; deposits of individuals and non-financial organizations)August 2025 10/08/2025—Information on average arithmetic interest rates on deposits of individuals in rubles, US dollars and eurosAugust 2025 10/08/2025—Key performance indicators of mutual investment fundsAugust 2025 10/08/2025—Households sector transactions with financial assets and liabilities for individual financial instruments09.09.202508.10.2025 –Brief commentary "Interest rates on credit and deposit operations of credit institutions in rubles"August 2025 10/08/2025—Dynamic series of key performance indicators of mutual investment funds and joint-stock investment fundsAugust 2025 10/09/2025—Current account of the balance of payments of the Russian Federation with seasonal adjustmentII quarter 2025 09.10.2025—Main aggregates of the current account of the balance of payments of the Russian Federation with seasonal adjustmentII quarter 202509.10.202516:00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values09.10.2025—Dynamics of individual indicators of the current account with seasonal adjustmentII quarter 2025 10.10.2025—Direct investments of the Russian Federation by the asset/liability principle and the directional principle01.07.202510.10.2025 –List of financial sector organizations01.10.202510.10.2025 –Key Stock Market Indicators*September 202510.10.2025—Accumulated balances on direct investments of the Russian Federation on direct investment instruments (by the principle of direction)01.07.202510.10.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values13.10.202516:00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in goods (according to the balance of payments methodology)*August 2025 10/14/2025—Export of certain types of services by subjects of the Russian FederationII quarter 2025 October 14, 2025—Statistical Bulletin "Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"August 2025 10/14/2025—Key derivative indicators of the ruble exchange rate dynamicsSeptember 202510/14/2025—Central Bank Survey (in accordance with IMF SDDS requirements)*01.10.202514.10.2025 –Import of certain types of services by subjects of the Russian FederationII quarter 2025 October 14, 2025—Monetary base in a broad definition01.10.202515.10.2025 –Average daily turnover indicators of the interbank loan (deposit) market and repo transactionsSeptember 202510/15/202516:00Assessment of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-August 202510/15/202516:00Assessment of key aggregates of the balance of payments of the Russian FederationJanuary-August 202510/15/2025—Currency structure of settlements for the supply of goods and provision of services under foreign trade contracts by geographic zones and currencies of states in accordance with the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05.03.2022 No. 430-rAugust 202510/16/202516:00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values16.10.2025—Debt securities owned by Russian banks transferred under repo transactions with the Bank of Russia01.10.202516.10.202516: 00Foreign trade of the Russian Federation in services by monthAugust 2025 10/17/2025—Extended Non-Financial Sector and Household Debt Measure01.07.202517.10.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values20.10.2025—Export of certain types of services by types of economic activity of residents of the Russian FederationII quarter 202510/20/202516:00Assessment of upcoming changes in international reserves and other liquidity in foreign currency of the monetary authorities of the Russian Federation*01.10.202520.10.2025 –Central Bank Review01.10.202520.10.2025 –Review of credit institutions01.10.202520.10.2025 –Overview of the banking system01.10.202520.10.2025 –Import of certain types of services by types of economic activity of residents of the Russian FederationII quarter 2025 October 20, 2025—Money supply M2 (national definition)01.10.202522.10.2025 –Listed shares of Russian issuers traded on the domestic market01.10.202522.10.2025 –Variable coupon debt securities issued on the domestic market by type of base indicator01.10.202522.10.2025 –Domestic debt securities issued by interest rate types01.10.202522.10.2025 –Domestic debt securities01.10.202523.10.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values24.10.202511:00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values27.10.202516:00The share of non-resident investments in the volume of federal loan bond issues01.10.202530.10.2025 –Information on deposited funds (information on loans granted to individuals)01.10.202530.10.2025 –Information on attracted funds (information on funds of organizations, bank deposits (deposits) and other attracted funds of legal entities and individuals, budget funds in accounts opened in credit institutions)01.10.202530.10.2025 –Indicators of the housing (mortgage housing) lending market01.10.202530.10.202516: 00Total international reserve assets, end of working week*weekly values30.10.2025—Domestic debt securities included in the sustainable development sector01.10.202531.10.2025 –Banking System Review (in accordance with the requirements of the IMF SDDS)*01.10.202531.10.202511: 00Monetary base in narrow definition (Weekly values)weekly values

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Financial news: Decision of the Board of Directors on Amendments to the Type C Account Regime

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On July 31, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia decided to introduce Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated November 21, 2022 "On the establishment of the type "C" account regime for settlements and the implementation (execution) of transactions (operations) to which the procedure for fulfilling obligations provided for by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 5, 2022 No. 95 "On the temporary procedure for fulfilling obligations to certain foreign creditors" applies change, adding the following words to paragraph twelve of subparagraph 1.1 of paragraph 1:

"; transfers by order of a non-resident for whom a type "C" bank account has been opened in favor of a resident for the purpose of fulfilling the non-resident's obligation to transfer funds, provided that transactions (operations) related to such transfers are concluded between the said resident and the non-resident from whose type "C" bank account funds are debited, which entail the transfer of ownership of securities to the resident in accordance with permits issued on the basis of decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, if the terms of such transactions (operations) provide for the alienation in favor of the non-resident of property (including property rights) recorded abroad, the disposal of which is restricted due to unfriendly actions of foreign states; transfers at the order of a non-resident for whom a type “C” bank account has been opened, in the amount of dividends previously credited to the type “C” bank account due to this non-resident, in favor of the resident for the purpose of fulfilling the non-resident’s obligation to transfer funds, subject to obtaining permission issued on the basis of decrees of the President of the Russian Federation to pay dividends to the non-resident.”

The decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia to amend the decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated November 21, 2022 shall apply from the date of its publication on the official website of the Bank of Russia on the information and telecommunications network "Internet".

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Financial news: Inflation in the regions is declining more and more confidently.

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In June, prices fell or remained unchanged in 17 Russian regions, in 42 they rose less than in May, and in the rest, price growth accelerated.

Food prices increased moderately in June, and vegetables and fruits became cheaper even more significantly than usual in the season. Eggs and butter continued to become cheaper, and sugar prices decreased. At the same time, tea, coffee and cocoa became more expensive faster.

Among non-food products, the most noticeable decline in price was in equipment and electronics. Demand for these products was falling primarily due to the cooling of lending. The strengthening of the ruble also contributed.

The growth in prices for services remained high, but was much less than in May. In particular, household, medical services, and foreign tourism services increased in price less.

Annual inflation fell in 68 regions of the country in June. The Bank of Russia will continue to reduce price growth, maintaining high rates. According to the forecast, annual inflation will return to 4% in 2026 and remain close to this level in the future.

For more information on inflation in each region, seeinformation and analytical materials, published on the website of the Bank of Russia.

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Financial News: Recommendations for financial market participants on the conceptual design of the "Metadata Management" process

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The development of modern technologies, the increase in the amount of data, the emergence of new financial products and the digitalization of traditional ones require financial market participants to create and improve data management systems.

The main tasks of data management systems development:

improving the quality and reliability of data, increasing their efficiency, transparency of data preparation processes for regulatory reporting, increasing flexibility and speed of response to changes in regulation, increasing the efficiency of core business processes.

The Bank of Russia believes that data management systems of individual financial institutions are important for maintaining the quality of data in the country's financial system as a whole. Proper data management is also necessary for the timely and complete provision of regulatory reporting, on the basis of which supervisory decisions are made, among other things.

The conditions for the development of data management systems are created by the Bank of Russia taking into account global experience, the current level of development of financial organizations, current restrictions on technologies and general challenges facing the domestic financial market.

In 2024, the regulator created a working group on the development of data management systems for financial market participants, which includes representatives of the Bank of Russia's structural divisions and the director of data management for financial institutions. The head of the working group is Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Valery Kazarin. The working group includes subgroups to develop a methodology for assessing the maturity of data management systems for financial market participants and to develop methodological recommendations for the development of data management systems for financial market participants.

The working group has developed recommendations for the development of data management systems for financial market participants and a methodology for self-assessing the maturity of data management systems for financial market participants.

Market participants are encouraged to regularly conduct self-assessments of the maturity level of data management systems, which will improve the quality of data and analytics, optimize information management processes, and more quickly adapt to regulatory changes. Based on the results of the self-assessment, a market participant can take advantage of recommendations of the working group to improve the efficiency of their processes and technological solutions.

Responsible structural unit: Department of Data, Projects and Processes

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Financial News: Recommendations for financial market participants on the conceptual design of the “Reference and Master Data” process

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The development of modern technologies, the increase in the amount of data, the emergence of new financial products and the digitalization of traditional ones require financial market participants to create and improve data management systems.

The main tasks of data management systems development:

improving the quality and reliability of data, increasing their efficiency, transparency of data preparation processes for regulatory reporting, increasing flexibility and speed of response to changes in regulation, increasing the efficiency of core business processes.

The Bank of Russia believes that data management systems of individual financial institutions are important for maintaining the quality of data in the country's financial system as a whole. Proper data management is also necessary for the timely and complete provision of regulatory reporting, on the basis of which supervisory decisions are made, among other things.

The conditions for the development of data management systems are created by the Bank of Russia taking into account global experience, the current level of development of financial organizations, current restrictions on technologies and general challenges facing the domestic financial market.

In 2024, the regulator created a working group on the development of data management systems for financial market participants, which includes representatives of the Bank of Russia's structural divisions and the director of data management for financial institutions. The head of the working group is Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Valery Kazarin. The working group includes subgroups to develop a methodology for assessing the maturity of data management systems for financial market participants and to develop methodological recommendations for the development of data management systems for financial market participants.

The working group has developed recommendations for the development of data management systems for financial market participants and a methodology for self-assessing the maturity of data management systems for financial market participants.

Market participants are encouraged to regularly conduct self-assessments of the maturity level of data management systems, which will improve the quality of data and analytics, optimize information management processes, and more quickly adapt to regulatory changes. Based on the results of the self-assessment, a market participant can take advantage of recommendations of the working group to improve the efficiency of their processes and technological solutions.

Responsible structural unit: Department of Data, Projects and Processes

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Financial News: Results of Monitoring in the National Payment System for 2024

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(Part 5 of Article 31 of the Law on NPS)

The activities of the Bank of Russia to improve the activities of NPS entities and the services they provide, as well as to develop payment systems, payment infrastructure, and the digital ruble platform (hereinafter referred to as monitoring objects) based on the recommendations of the regulator.

Monitoring of NPS entities is carried out by the Bank of Russia in accordance withLaw on NPSAndBy Bank of Russia Instruction No. 6950-U “On the procedure for implementing monitoring in the national payment system”.

Monitoring of the national payment system is carried out on an ongoing basis and includes:

Monitoring activities of NPS entities and (or) the functioning of observation objects
Rating activities of NPS entities and (or) the functioning of observation objects
Initiating Change— preparation based on the results of the assessment of proposals for changing the activities of NPS entities and (or) the functioning of observation objects

The Bank of Russia regularly discloses information on the results of monitoring in the NPS in reviews.

Results of observation in the national payment system

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Financial news: Complaints against insurers have decreased, against banks – have increased: results of the first half of 2025

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For six months of 2025 complaints The number of complaints to the Bank of Russia from consumers of financial services and investors increased by 18.6% compared to the same period last year. A total of 182.4 thousand complaints were received.

At the same time, quarterly dynamics show a decrease in the number of complaints: in April-June of this year, it decreased by almost 7% compared to January-March.

Complaints about banks increased by 28.6%. Claims are most often related to blocking transactions, accounts and bank cards, as well as suspension of remote banking services. Banks are taking such measures to combat financial fraud.

At the same time, consumers complained almost twice as rarely about the imposition of additional services when taking out a loan.

The number of complaints against insurers has decreased by 47%. Thanks to the fact that citizens can independently clarify the value of the bonus-malus coefficient and challenge it through the website of the National Insurance Information System, template complaints have practically ceased to arrive: 80 against 10.4 thousand for the first half of 2024.

The number of complaints about microfinance organizations has increased slightly. The 3.6% increase is due to difficulties in returning funds for additional services and in obtaining credit holidays. There are fewer complaints related to new cases of imposition of additional services and credit histories.

The situation with claims against professional participants in the securities market developed in a similar way – they decreased by 19%. The smallest number of complaints related to sanctions restrictions were received against brokers (a 3.2-fold decrease) and depositories (a 2.5-fold decrease).

Complaints about non-state pension funds (NPF) increased by 17.7%. The reason is the growth of claims regarding the execution of long-term savings agreements. However, in absolute figures, there are few such complaints: 193 for more than 5.6 million concluded agreements. Complaints about disagreement with the transition from the Social Fund of Russia to NPF, as well as between NPFs, decreased by 40.3%.

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Financial news: Pilot project to assign ratings to shares has started.

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The Bank of Russia has approved the methodologies of two credit rating agencies (CRAs) for assigning non-credit ratings to ordinary shares. This is a new product on the market, which represents an assessment of the fair value of companies. It will become an additional reference point for investors when making investment decisions.

The pilot included OOO National Credit Ratings and OOO National Rating Agency. When assessing issuers, the CRAs will take into account how companies comply with corporate legislation, including investor protection standards, then assign "stars" to shares and accompany the ratings with extended analytics.

The first issuers to be rated will be companies fromShareholder Value Creation Programs.

At the end of the year, the Bank of Russia will analyze the experience gained and, if it proves positive, will consider the possibility of using stock ratings in financial regulation.

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