Sberbank Archives

Largest Russian Bank Seeks Permission to Launch Blockchain

January 22, 2021

Sberbank, the largest Russian state-owned lender, has applied to the country’s central bank seeking approval for launching a blockchain-based platform that will allow the bank to launch its own digital curren...

Russia’s Second Largest Bank Tests Bank Guarantee Blockchain System

December 21, 2020

Russia's second largest bank tests bank guarantee blockchain system. VTB, Russia's second largest bank after Sberbank, has piloted a new blockchain-based system to issue bank guarantees. According to an offi...

Russia’s Largest Bank Plans For Blockchain Trading Platform And Crypto Token

December 1, 2020

Russia's largest bank plans for blockchain trading platform and crypto token. With a new law coming into force in Russia, the country's largest bank is preparing a new blockchain trading platform as well as a...

Russia’s Largest Bank Plans to Issue Digital Currency Next Year

December 1, 2020

Russia’s largest state-owned lender, Sberbank, is gearing up towards crypto as the bank is planning to launch its own digital currency next year, its Chief Executive, Herman Gref revealed. The proposal for l...

Citing Regulator, Sberbank Scraps Crypto Plans in Russia

May 30, 2019

A leading executive at Sberbank said on Thursday that his company is scrapping its cryptocurrency plans. Speaking to reporters in Moscow, global markets head Andrey Shemetov said that steps taken, or perhaps...