The digital ruble will roll out nationwide on September 1. Muscovites can also top up transport cards using central bank ...

Russia’s monetary authority has updated the rules for opening digital ruble accounts, and the end result is a complicated ...

The biggest threat to Russian alternatives to Visa and Mastercard comes not from sanctions or Western competitors, but from the country’s own central bank digital currency, an expert warns. Natalia ...

The Russian Central Bank released the digital ruble’s brand identity and transaction tariffs, Russia’s CBDC project, which went live on August 1, 2023. In particular, all digital ruble services will ...

The Bank of Russia has postponed the launch of the digital ruble. The project is still live, but the launch of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) will come “somewhat later” than July 1, when it ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On July 24, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law introducing the digital ruble. TASS has assembled all of the key facts about the digital ruble and how digital currencies ...

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/. The digital ruble can be used in international payments by 2025, according to Head of the State Duma Committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov. "We expect that ...

Eventually, the digital ruble, alongside the development of blockchain, will displace the need for banks, Russian lawmaker Anatoly Aksakov said in a meeting, a local media outlet reported on Tuesday. ...

Digital ruble rollout plans could cost the Russian banking sector a total of $536 million per year, financial analysts have claimed. Per Forbes Russia, the nation's retail sector could be in for a ...

Russia's biggest bank has joined the country's digital currency scheme, which could help the economy weather turbulence caused by sanctions. Russia's Central Bank announced that Sberbank, as well as ...

Russia is set to broaden its digital ruble pilot by starting real-world tests with 13 banks next week, the country's central bank announced Wednesday. “The launch of pilot operations with real digital ...