Russia’s banking sector continues to stabilise amid clean-up operation
Starting in 2013, the Russian central bank has been vigorously pursuing a clean-up process in a bid to stabilise the national banking sector. For every year since, an average of 10 percent of Russia’s banks have lost their licences; in total, the number of lenders has been slashed from more than 900 to around 500. Nonetheless, the Russian regulator still has a long way to go before its banking sector stabilisation efforts are complete.
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