Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Banking Week: From a search in the bank before the new law

All the fun of living banks and their clients in our review last week. Monday: "VTB" concerned about the eccentricities of Bank of Moscow. Thus, at a meeting with analysts, representatives of the VTB said, they worried that the Moscow city government not actively monitors the credit organization. How to calculate the state bank, now under the control of the city government are 46.5% stake in Bank of Moscow, has 17,3% - at "Capital Insurance Group." True, the latter belongs to the Moscow city government, the Bank of Moscow, as well as the company "Insurance Group." VTB now wondering who controls the rest of the shares. About 200 banks will lose their license. This forecast was made chairman of the board of Alfa-Bank Rushan Khvesyuk. In his view, if the central bank will go to the tightening of capital requirements, the potential of about two hundred credit institutions may lose their license and their assets - be subject to takeover by the banks with a more viable business model. However, stressed Khvesyuk, twofold increase in the minimum capital level in 2012, is a necessary measure. In the "Master-Bank" was searched. Press Service of the Department of Economic Security Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow has extended information on conducting a search of "Master-Bank." "During the criminal investigation into the theft of money from the use of information technology conducted a search with the seizure of documents", - said the representative office, Philip Zolotnitsky. According to investigators, while not mandated by fraudsters sent an email to one of the commercial banks in the letter, according to which the organization had to transfer 30 million rubles. on account of a fictitious legal entity, which opened in "Master-Bank". After the transaction, this amount was distributed to a number of individuals and cashed through the ATM network. Tuesday: The Brits are preventing developing Russian banks. Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Finance accused the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) that it unfairly restricts domestic banks and unwilling to cooperate with the Federal Service for Financial Markets. In particular it is a limitation of the investment fund «Pamplona Capital Management», an affiliate of Alfa Group. This company has acquired 10% of the insurance syndicate «Chaucer». A little later there was a desire to acquire an additional 30% stake in the organization. However, the FSA has not given permission to the deal because of communication «Pamplona Capital Management» with Alfa-Group. Top managers receive 235 thousand rubles. per month. Recruitment agency "Maximum" is designed wages CEO in 2010. It turned out that the average income of heads of organizations is 235 thousand rubles. Were the highest paid CFO in the banking sector - their average salary is 330 thousand rubles. Slightly smaller heads receive consumer goods production (329 thousand rubles.) Responsible for the retail trade (317 thousand rubles.) And the heads of branches of banks (291 thousand rubles).. Wednesday: Suspect in embezzling 2.71 billion rubles. of Sberbank. Businessman is suspected of embezzling 2.79 billion rubles. Over the offense prosecuted under Article 159 paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code (fraud on a large scale). Businessman defined measure of restraint in the form of detention. According to investigators, the suspect in the period from 2005 to 2008, being the head of several companies that took the "Savings Bank" in 13 contracts 2.71 billion rubles. And concluded 7 agreements with the leasing company for 75 million rubles. The fraudster is not going to return the amount taken. Real estate ahead of the banks. The most reliable type of investing the majority of Russians (48%) named the real estate purchase. This form is gaining in popularity - a year earlier, only 40% of respondents considered it effective. In second place on reliability are bank deposits in state banks, in which interest on the part of the population fell slightly: 28% this year and 29% in the past. This is because lending institutions in recent years have significantly reduced interest rates on their deposits. The following way was buying gold and jewelry. Number of supporters of this method for the year increased by 2% to 21%. But among those who hoard cash rubles decreased almost twice - from 23% to 12%. Thursday: The police searched the 17 banks. Interior Ministry officers DEB suppressed the activity of a group that illegally brought abroad 18 billion rubles. During the operational activities of 17 searches, credit institutions, through which the illegal transfer of large sums. Also check took place at exchange offices - their attackers used as a cover for the transfer of money. The guardians of law and order have found 38 companies print-by-night, electronic keys from the internet banking and other items indicating illegal activity scams. The audits were seized 44.2 million rubles., 502 thousand euros and $ 140 thousand bankers called the main event of 2010. Recruitment by Superjob.ru conducted a survey among employees of financial institutions and find out what events in the banking sector, they consider most important. For example, 16% of respondents voted for the reduction of interest rates on loans and mortgages, which made these tools more accessible to citizens. Another 13% of respondents admitted in the past year he was especially remembered reducing the refinancing rate established in May 2010, the Bank of Russia at around 7.75%. Less than a party and high-profile criminal case against 2 top managers of a commercial bank. 12% of respondents recalled the alleged embezzlement of 1.2 billion rubles. from the accounts of the Pension Fund. Friday: Co-financing is not justified itself. The Chamber was forced to acknowledge the ineffectiveness of the project. It turned out that a program of public co-financing pensions is extremely unpopular among Russians. Thus, in the period from 1 January 2009 to October 1, 2010 the auditors have made verification of the Pension Fund of Russia. The results were disappointing: during the duration of its program participants were only 4 million people, with average contributions amounted to only 2,6 thousand rubles. That more than 4 times less than the maximum threshold. The economy will recover at the expense of "non-cash items." The central bank as early as next year, intends to push the development in Russia of non-cash payments. It is planned that in 2011 Law came into force, providing the right to turn over cards. Experts fully endorse the decision of the Central Bank. According to them, by 2020 the economy will be able to get additional 5.5 trillion rubles, while the share of cash will be reduced to 10%. Bank of the week - "Alfa-Bank. The Bank organized a 3-hour online conference for their clients as well as all interested parties. Balance of exchange: the past week the dollar fell to 30.59 rubles., While the euro fell by 62 kopecks, reaching a 40.17 rub.

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