Sberbank fled Crimea and offers clients service in Krasnodar
Moscow - Simferopol, May 08 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - “Service for clients of the Crimean branches of the subsidiary bank of Sberbank of Russia will be provided in the bank branches that are located on the mainland of Ukraine,” said the Ukrainian subsidiary of the bank. The parent company is afraid to enter the “Russian” Crimea: relations with Ukraine and the West are more important to it.
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The place of large and well-known Russian banks in Crimea is taken by small and unknown ones, Kommersant states.
The resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine prohibits all organizations with a Ukrainian banking license from operating in the territory of Crimea. Reminds me of the publication. Therefore, the Black Sea Development Bank for Reconstruction and the Morskoy Bank, registered in Simferopol and Sevastopol, which had previously declared their readiness to work in the Russian legal field, found themselves without a Ukrainian license.
As previously reported, the Bank of Russia announced on May 6 that in accordance with the law on the financial system of Crimea and Sevastopol during the transition period, these banks can continue to operate in Crimea without a license until January 1, 2015, subject to a number of Bank of Russia conditions.
Yesterday, the Central Bank reported on its website that three Russian banks - Vladikombank, Pervomaisky and Rublev - opened five branches in Crimea. Previously, Krayinvestbank, Genbank and Just-bank began working in Crimea.
Let us remind you that the branches of large Russian banks, and in particular Sberbank, are closest to Crimea, where it offers services to its Crimean clients. are located in the Krasnodar region.
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