Ilyina Irina

Biography

2025: Appointment as Head of the Financial Technology Department of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

In early September 2025, it became known that Irina Ilyina was appointed to the post of head of the financial technology department of the Bank of Russia. In this position, she replaced Stanislav Korop.

According to Interfax, Korop until 2015 worked in various commercial organizations, including Ernst and Young (CIS) Limited. Since 2015, he held senior positions in the Central Bank, and in 2023 he was appointed to the post and. about. Director of the Financial Technologies Department of the Bank. In turn, Ilyina previously served as deputy director of this department.

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The main directions of the development of financial technologies of the Central Bank are legal regulation in the relevant area, ensuring security and sustainability, interaction within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), as well as the transition to electronic interaction between the Bank of Russia, market participants, individuals and legal entities. Another area is the development of personnel in the field of financial technology.

The key tasks of the department include monitoring, analysis and systematization of Russian and foreign experience in the development and use of financial technologies. We are talking, in particular, about big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence, mobile solutions, robotization, biometrics, distributed registry technology, open interfaces, etc. In addition, the department takes part in the implementation of the activities of the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation program in the financial sector. The Division also organizes events to pilot innovative financial technologies, products and services within the framework of the Bank of Russia's regulatory sandbox with government authorities and financial market participants.^[1]

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