Tagged: sberbank

January 2, 2019 @ 8:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking group Sberbank announced last week it is now offering online individual lending through its mobile app, which is specifically offered to Android users at this time, with iOS functionality being available in a few months. While sharing more details about the new functionality, Managing… Read More

December 14, 2018 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking firm Sberbank announced earlier this week it is now allowing users in 42 Russian cities to make instant contactless payments using Pay-QR on smartphones. According to Sberbank, the project’s goals are to provide a convenient new QR code payment technology for individuals and a… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yandex.Checkout and Sberbank have launched a new B2B Payments service allowing companies to accept online payments from corporate clients.  The new feature aims to reduce the payment process time frame to 1–3 minutes. Yandex.Checkout and Sberbank claim the title for the first platforms to offer… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian bank Sberbank announced last week the launch of its new pilot project that will allow loans to be issued without proof of income. The bank reported that up to RUB 300,000 will be given per loan. Speaking about the project, Sergey Shirokov, Managing Director… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 11:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Ivan Semagin, Deputy Director of the Financial Market Development at the Bank of Russia, told attendees at a finance and trade conference in Vladivostok this week that the Bank of Russia’s first “sandbox” trial of an ICO (intitial coin offering) blockchain system went well technically, though… Read More

September 8, 2018 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sberbank announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with international accelerator 500 Startups to launch a new program specifically for Russian IT startups. According to Sberbank, the accelerator program is designed for the following areas: E-commerce Digital medicine Lifestyle services Cloud B2B services Advertising… Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking firm Sberbank announced on Wednesday the launch of its new mobile banking app, Sberbank Online. According to Sberbank, the app creation allows all retail clients to receive and secure funds to make an investment in a wide range of financial tools, such as… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking firm Sberbank announced on Thursday it is set to invest RUB 27 million in six start-ups, created by employees through its in-house accelerator program, Sber#Up. According to Sberbank, Sber#Up in-house accelerator is a program that offers all the banking group’s employees support to create their… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sberbank announced on Monday that applications for the Classic AI competition is now open. According to Sberbank, participants of the competition will develop an algorithm that will create a poem in the style of a given author, based on the received part of their text in Russian…. Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 7:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking group Sberbank announced on Friday it has teamed up with Tinkoff Bank to launch joint peer-to-peer (p2p) payment transfer service that uses mobile phone numbers. According to Sberbank, the new service allows bank card users to transfer money from card to card immediately by using their… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking firm Sberbank announced on Thursday that it and Google have provided online shops and their clients a new tool for paying for online purchases – Google Pay. Sberbank claims it is the first bank in Russia to support online payment of goods and services… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sberbank announced on Thursday it has extended more than ₽535 billion in loans to SMEs since the start of 2018. The bank reported that over the first four months of 2018, lending to SMEs increased by 74.4% vs. the same period in 2017. “Sberbank has… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russia-based Sberbank and the Higher School of Economics’ (HSE) business incubator announced on Monday they are beginning to review ideas for startups that were submitted to the corporate business accelerator. The duo reported that around 600 projects were submitted during the first stage, which notably… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Sberbank and SWIFT have signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop and market Fintech products created and promoted by SWIFT. Sberbank is Russia’s largest bank and holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Sberbank and Telegram have announced the development of a new payment solution for partners using Telegram bots. The solution is described as allowing the acceptance of MasterCard, Visa and MIR card payments. The development also marks the first time Apple Pay and Android Pay can… Read More

October 5, 2016 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Sberbank is Russia’s largest bank with over 135 million customers. Sberbank holds almost one-third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder… Read More

July 7, 2016 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Bank’s are not known for taking on risk – they are known for avoiding it as much as possible. This is not the case with Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia, and their venture fund as they see opportunity in the digital future. Sberbank’s SBT… Read More