Banking Week: from uranium by the end of small banks

Monday: The bankers will be engaged in uranium mining. "Gazprombank" has received permission from the government of Niger to develop two uranium deposits in this country. Details of the transaction were not disclosed, but we already know that the government will receive 20% of the company-getter. It is assumed that the bank invests in the project $ 10 million investment surely bring considerable revenue: in the last half of the price of uranium oxide has increased by 75%. Precious coins will be sold through the machines. Sberbank wants to create a network of automatic machines that sell money from precious metals. This organization is pushing an increasing demand for commemorative coins and queues at branches. The volume of sales of these products in the domestic market in 2010 amounted to 1,000,000 units for a total of 6 billion rubles. Already in the spring will begin to mint 30 million commemorative coins on the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi. Therefore, the installation of terminals on their sale is of particular relevance. Tuesday: Banks independently assess the risk. To date, Russian credit organizations only use the simplified methods for evaluating credit risk, but soon things can change. On the eve of the Bank of Russia announced the terms under which will be introduced advanced approach of Basel II. Thus, IRB-approach involves self-assessment of banks' credit risks. Method is based on a system of internal ratings, which are calculated based on complex mathematical and statistical models. Each borrower is assigned a rating, which can determine the degree of riskiness. In Moscow, prevented the theft of 96 banks. Capital investigators dismantled a group of hackers who were planning to attack the nearly one hundred domestic and foreign banks. According to Webb, from the actions of attackers may have suffered a total of about 457 bank customers, among whom were both well-known companies and large investors. The sum of the potential damage is not disclosed. Are to blame are themselves investors who use remote-controlled account. Many of them are out of time to update the software and neglected the rules of storing sensitive information, resulting in electronic keys were copied by malicious programs. Gref wants to take advisers ex-CEO UniCredit. Gref suggested that the vacant seat Italian banker Alessandro Profumo. According to the president of Sberbank, the Profumo extensive experience acquiring banks, besides, he knows how to do business. About what answer he gave the former head of UniCredit, is still unknown. Wednesday: Fraudsters cashed every day, more than 500 million rubles. Department of Economic Security reported to the suppression of criminal association, which was engaged in the Moscow region laundering of funds acquired by criminal means. Illegal activities specified persons was conducted from August 2010. Scheme to cash in money as follows: transfer took place through front companies into accounts of individual entrepreneurs, and then starred in the ATM network. Intermediaries in transactions received 3,5-5%, but if it was a cost money, the rate of "rollback" reached 8%. 18% of citizens willing to give their money Mavrodi. Bank.ru portal readers were asked: "Do you Put your money into a new project Mavrodi?" Results of the study are as follows: 82% of respondents stated that they will not invest in MMM-2, because they regard it a pyramid scheme. In contrast, 9% of respondents said they would give their money, considering the project "interesting." The same number of citizens, 9% said they might invest their savings, if it will bring real income. Thus, almost one-fifth of respondents willing to give away their savings in a deliberately non-viable companies. Thursday: SKB-Bank buys 100 rubles per 500 thousand. Back in mid-January, the credit institution has announced that it was ready to buy a 1 -, 2 - and 5-ruble coin, released in 2003, Saint-Petersburg Mint. For every coin bank promised to pay 5 thousand rubles. As a result, in just 2 weeks the shares have passed $ 100 Russians. It is known that the total circulation of such coins amounted to 15 thousand rubles. Valuable coins dispersed throughout the country, in particular, they were found in Nizhny Tagil, Omsk, Tagil and Belgorod. "Savings Bank" will pay for the "Troika" $ 1 billion main state bank's intention to buy out the owners of 80% stake in the investment company Troika Dialog, a $ 1 billion, German Gref, and Ruben Vardanyan (head of the "Troika") estimated its total cost of $ 1, 25 billion is expected that the remaining 20% ??of the securities may be purchased by "Savings Bank" in the coming time, but the decision will be made on the basis of performance. Friday: In the top 500 global brands include 8 Russian banks. This year's rating of the largest banking brands popalona two financial institutions are less than a year earlier. Despite the decline in the position of Russian institutions, their total value increased by $ 514 million to $ 16 billion greatest domestic state-owned banks Sberbank and VTB have reduced their positions. So, the first sat down to 4 positions and hit for 19 th place. Brand value has exceeded $ 12 billion, up 6.5% more than in 2009. VTB experts have estimated at $ 1.79 billion, resulting in the bank has moved from 83rd to 93rd place. End of an era of small banks. Actions of the main regulator of the financial market in the face of the Central Bank are pushing lending institutions to accelerate the growth of capital, mergers and acquisitions. Since the beginning of next year, the minimum bank capital must grow from 90 million to 180 million rubles. It is likely that the Central Bank of the measure is not limited. Experts discuss the topic during the entire lifting this bar to 300 million rubles. from 2015. According to the regulator, of 954 banks in capital exceeding 300 million rubles., Currently have only 372 institutions, that is, most banks will be forced to urgently mobilize additional funds or close. Bank of the week - «UniCredit». His former chief of Italy's Alessandro Profumo, German Gref, suggested a high position in the main State Bank of the country. Balance of exchange: the past week the dollar fell 25 cents, reaching 29.41 rubles., While the euro also seriously surrendered their positions by 54 kopecks to 40.08 rubles podeshevev.