Association of Russian Banks

Association of Russian Banks (ARB) is a non-governmental non-commercial organization that unites commercial banks and other credit organizations, as well as organizations involved in the functioning of finance-and-credit system of the Russian Federation. The ARB Founding Congress took place in Moscow on March 27-28, 1991. The ARB actively cooperates with 49 regional banking associations and unions as well as with banking communities of 19 Russian regions. A General Agreement on consolidating efforts for developing and strengthening the Russian banking system was signed on the ARB initiative at the First All-Russian Meeting of banking associations on October 7th, 2002. At present the number of its participants counts 68. The ARB provides consulting and information services to its members; every two weeks ARB members receive ARB Vestnik (ARB News) and every two months Banks and Technology magazine. 23 committees and 5 working groups operate on the main directions of banking a...