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Sberbank Switzerland Being Sold, Will Change Name Too

Sberbank Switzerland, part of one of the largest banks in Russia, is being sold while planning a name change. Sberbank has been impacted by the sanctions applied to the Russian regime due to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Sberbank is partly owned by the government… Read More

Switzerland Takes Protective Measures Regarding Sanctioned Russian Bank Sberbank, Which May Face Liquidity Problems

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has ordered protective measures regarding Sberbank AG, one of the Russian banks targeted with sanctions. Switzerland has joined the economic sanctions along with the EU and other nations to apply pressure to Russia following its unprovoked war with… Read More

Remittances: Sber Introduces Fund Transfers to China by Using Phone Numbers

Sber has reportedly marketed money transfers to Alipay wallets in mainland China by using phone numbers. In order to make a remittance payment, users simply need to indicate the phone number and full name of the intended recipient via SberBank Online, and the funds will… Read More

Sber Set to Launch Research and Development Center in Europe to Support Machine Learning, IT Experts

Sber has confirmed the opening of its first research and development (R&D) center in Europe at Web Summit, which is Europe’s largest tech conference, presently being held in Lisbon. Executive Vice President of Sberbank, CTO of Sber, and head of Technology David Rafalovsky commented on… Read More

Russian Banking Group Sberbank May Issue Its Own Cryptocurrency

Sberbank isn’t ruling out the possibility of issuing its own cryptocurrency, Sbercoin, in 2021. According to CEO of Russian banking group, Herman Gef, Sberbank is joining forces with JP Morgan for the crypto project and may launch the currency as an “experiment” next year. Gref… Read More

Sberbank Launches Cloud Services for Businesses to Sign Payment Documents Through Mobile App

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Thursday it is rolling out cloud service for businesses to sign payment documents inside the bank’s mobile app. Sberbank explained that users of its corporate banking solution will be able to clear payments and sign documents through non-certified digital… Read More

Sberbank Teams Up With Evotor to Roll Out Payment With Customer QR Code

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Evotor to add a new function to the Pay with QR service when accessed through Evotor POS terminals, by letting customers use their QR codes in addition to dynamic QR codes already available…. Read More

Russian Consumer Bank Sberbank Reportedly Launching Blockchain Platform Built on Hyperledger Fabric

Russian banking group Sberbank is reportedly set to launch a blockchain platform built on Hyperledger Fabric. According to Coindesk, the blockchain system is designed for trade finance, which will include exchanging letters of credit. The media outlet also revealed that Sberbank Deputy Chair, Anatoly Popov,… Read More

Russia’s Largest Bank, Sberbank, Is Considering Issuing its Own Stablecoin after Country Introduces New Crypto Law

Russia’s largest banking institution, Sberbank, is reportedly looking into whether it should launch its own stablecoin, which are digital currencies that are pegged or backed by real-world assets, major fiat currencies, or commodities such as gold. Sergey Popov, director of state-owned Sberbank’s transaction business, said… Read More

Russia’s Sberbank Announces New System For Payment Services “SberPay”

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Thursday the launch of SberPay, which is a new system for payment services. According to Sberbank, SberPay allows users to pay for purchases both online and offline. “SberPay is absolutely free for retail customers. Fees for using SberPay’s online… Read More

Russia’s Largest Bank, Sberbank, Calls on Suppliers to Provide 4,917 ATMs that come with Graphic Cards to Perform “Blockchain Operations”

Russia’s largest banking institution, Sberbank, has reportedly called on local suppliers to provide 4,917 ATMs that come with built-in graphic cards that can perform “blockchain operations.” According to industry experts, these graphic cards would most likely be used for mining decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC)…. Read More

Sberbank Unveils Anti-Crisis Support Platform Specifically For SMEs

Russian banking group Sberbank announced earlier this week it is launching an anti-crisis support platform, SberUnity, that is specifically for SMEs. According to Sberbank, SberUnity was created to help businesses find new solutions and transform their companies from offline to online ones. Sberbank also claims… Read More

Russian Residents Are Increasingly Conducting Cashless Transactions, As Overall Digital Payments Rise Nationwide: Report

The fourth quarter of 2019 saw Russia’s citizens perform more digital payments than transacting with cash (for the first time ever), state-owned Sberbank confirmed. Moscow-based Sberbank conducted the market research as part of its SberData initiative, revealing that Russian residents performed 50.4% of total transfers… Read More

Sberbank’s Loyalty Program Now Allows Customers to Send Reward Points to Each Other

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Tuesday its loyal program is now allowing users to send reward points to each other. According to Sberbank, all loyalty program members, besides those who are at the lowest Spasibo privilege level, will be entitled to transfer points from… Read More

Russia’s Largest Bank Sberbank and Microsoft to Use Artificial Intelligence for Robotic Cash Handling

Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) and Microsoft Research (MSR) announced a joint initiative to explore the use of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in robotics. The project involves training robots to interact with real-world objects in the same way that humans do. Researchers at Sberbank will… Read More

Russia’s Largest Bank Sberbank Purchases $15 Million in Debt via HyperLedger Blockchain

Russia’s largest financial institution Sberbank has reportedly purchased around $15 million worth of accounts receivable from Trafigura, a Singaporean commodity trading firm that leverages blockchain technology. The pilot transaction was conducted on the Hyperledger Fabric platform, according to a representative from Sberbank. The blockchain-based purchase… Read More

Sberbank Announces Letter-of-Credit Business of Legal Entities for Online Availability

Russian banking group Sberbank announced last week it has implemented a feature on remote banking services on letters-of-credit in Sberbank Business Online’s system. The bank revealed: “Clients can create applications on letters of credit online and independently send them to the bank to be processed…. Read More

Russian Central Bank Wary of Cryptocurrencies; Sberbank Suspends Crypto Desk Plans

Bank of Russia head Elvira Nabiullina has told deputies of the State Duma (parliament) in Russia that her organization is wary of cryptocurrencies, Pravo reports: “We are against the legalization of cryptocurrency as a means of payment. We believe that there are big risks for… Read More

Sberbank Redeems First Issue of Retail Investment-Grade Bonds

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Friday it has redeemed first issue of its reatil investment-grade bonds. According to Sberbank, the yield of this issue depended on the performance of Gazprom’s American depositary receipts (ADRs) and was 20.14% for the maturity period (9.61% per annum). … Read More

Sberbank Announces Online Service Sberbank Cash Transit

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Friday the launch of its new online cash transit services, which allows users to make existing cash transit agreements. According to Sberbank, the advantages of the group’s cash transit services include the following: Reliable partner with the widest coverage Funds are… Read More

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