Bank Russia

JSC AB RUSSIA provides a range of banking products and services to corporate and private clients. The bank has a general license for banking operations, as well as licenses of a professional participant in the securities market. General License of the Bank of Russia No. 328 of 03.09.2012

Assets

At the beginning of 2019, the territorial network of Bank RUSSIA includes 75 divisions in 34 regions of the country, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Crimea and other constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In total, the Bank's branch network includes 16 branches, 24 operating offices and 38 additional offices.

The banking group includes companies from various sectors of the economy.

2022: Vladimir Putin keeps cash savings at Rossiya Bank

Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps his cash savings at Rossiya Bank, whose main shareholder is businessman Yuri Kovalchuk. This was announced to reporters on January 26, 2022 by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, commenting on US calls to freeze Putin's assets. More details here.

2020: Entry into the list of investors of the STI venture fund

On August 13, 2020, Russia Bank became one of the investors in the venture fund of the National Technology Initiative (STI).  The credit institution pledged to allocate 875 million rubles to the project. More details here.

2018: A + rating (RU )

In February 2018, the Expert RA rating agency revised the rating of AB RUSSIA according to the new methodology and assigned a rating at the level of ruAA "Exceptionally high (highest) level of creditworthiness," the forecast for the rating is stable.

In August 2018, ACRA Rating Agency assigned AB RUSSIA A + (RU) credit rating with a stable forecast.

2017: 13th place in Russia in terms of net assets

The bank is among the first 20 banks of the Russian Federation, according to the results of 2017, in terms of net assets, AB RUSSIA JSC ranks 13th in the authoritative Interfax-100 rating. Banks of Russia. " The bank is one of the three largest banks in the North-West region of the Russian Federation.

2016: Kick-off of Mir cards

In 2015, the Bank joined the rules of the National Payment Card System; since 2016, it has been issuing bank cards of the Mir payment system.

As of April 2016, the Bank's territorial network has 22 branches operating in 25 regions of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Crimea, etc. The Bank is a member of the Association of Russian Banks and the Association of Banks of the North-West and in its activities follows the standards of service in accordance with the Banking Code.

2014: US sanctions

After the sanctions imposed by the US government, in March 2014, the bank "RUSSIA" goes to work exclusively in the domestic market. In April 2014, the Bank opened a representative office in Simferopol. At the end of 2018, twenty offices are successfully operating in the Republic of Crimea.

2012: Transfer of bank cards to own processing center

In September 2012, the Bank completed a large-scale project to migrate bank cards to its own processing center. Until that time, the bank used the services of third-party processing on terms. outsourcing Successful implementation of this project brings the bank to a qualitatively new level of service for plastic card holders. The processing center of JSC AB "RUSSIA" provides safe storage of client data and high speed of passage of any transactions even at peak loads.

2010: Acquisition of Gazenergoprombank

In 2010, in order to further expand activities, attract new strategic clients and increase influence in the banking sector, the shareholders of AB RUSSIA decided to merge with Gazenergoprombank CJSC. On August 2, 2010, the process of reorganization and merger with Gazenergoprombank CJSC was completed, and the structure continued to work under a single brand of AB RUSSIA JSC. After the merger, the Bank reaches a new high-quality level - a systemically important financial institution, which is one of the recognized leaders in the banking industry, which has significant assets and a universal line of products and services. The Bank's branch network is represented in most regions of Russia, the Bank's clients include companies that are leaders in the national economy.

Since 2010, the Bank has been included by the Federal Customs Service of Russia in the register of banks and other credit organizations with the right to issue bank guarantees for customs payments. The Bank also implements a lending program for constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

1990: Foundation of the bank

JSC AB RUSSIA began operations on June 27, 1990 in St. Petersburg and is one of the first Russian private banks.

At the first stage of its development, the Bank functioned as a large financial and credit institution serving enterprises of leading sectors of the Russian economy represented in various regions of the country.