The Russian fintech scene in the spotlight

Oct 17, 2019 | Economics, Trends

By Angelina Krutova, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | The Russian fintech market has been growing significantly for the past two years in terms of both the number of deals and the volume of investment. The market has several particularities: Russia is a leading global...

Digital Banking Services for Corporate Business: Russian Perspective

Oct 14, 2019 | Business, Trends

By Marie Mesropyan, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Big business is still experiencing a shortage of digital banking services. Leaders of the financial industry are actively trying to solve the problem Digital banking infrastructure for business in Russia, especially for...

 “I definitely became more professional and learned a lot in Russia”

Oct 10, 2019 | Business, People

By Anna Gorshkova, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Prior to moving to Moscow in January 2016, Roland Wass, Head of Risk and Credit Management at Raiffeisenbank Russia, spent 13 years in Belgrade working for Raiffeisenbank Serbia. He spoke to Discover CEE about the...

An outlook on Russia’s economy: Financial strength and economic weakness

Oct 8, 2019 | Economics, Trends

By Stanislav Murashov, Raiffeisenbank in Russia, and Andreas Schwabe, RBI | An oil price shock and the introduction of economic and financial sanctions led to a strong devaluation of the rouble and a recession in 2014-15. Since then, however, Russia has clearly...

Russia’s unknown beauty: A local’s perspective

Oct 3, 2019 | Culture

By Aleksandra Shevchuk, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Russia is not just big. It is huge. And it’s not just Moscow and St. Petersburg that are worth visiting. We take a look at some of the other beautiful places the country offers. Kaliningrad and the Curonian Spit...