The State Duma wants to introduce a limit on consumer loans
The State Duma has come up with an initiative to limit the number of consumer loans per citizen. This was stated by Duma deputy Sergei Kolunov, the Izvestia newspaper writes . In his opinion, banks and microfinance organizations should approve no more than two loans at a time. “This is a frightening statistic. Such a number of loans naturally […]
US Businesses Prepare for Possible Port Shutdowns
US retailers, automakers and other companies are facing rising shipping rates ahead of a possible strike that threatens to shut down about three dozen ports next week, the Financial Times reports . “The reality is that the U.S. port infrastructure as a whole is not designed to handle the volume of 36 ports moving to the West Coast,” said […]
Banks have begun to freeze accounts under the law on the return of funds
Banks blocked 30 thousand suspicious accounts on the first day of the new law on returning stolen funds to clients, said Vadim Uvarov , director of the information security department of the Central Bank of Russia . This was reported by RBC . According to the Central Bank, systemically important Russian banks freeze more than 20 thousand transfers daily due to […]
Russian Senator Says He Has No Link to Plant Sold in Ukraine
Senator Sergei Kalashnik, a representative of the legislative body of state power of the Kostroma region, denied his involvement in the Motordetal-Konotop plant being sold in Ukraine . The parliamentarian told RIA Novosti about this . “I have nothing to do with this enterprise,” Kalashnik said. Information that Motordetal-Konotop allegedly belongs to Kalashnik was published by the State Property Fund of […]
Love for sports shoes made Russians fork out 45 billion rubles
Russians spent almost 45 billion rubles on sneakers. This was reported by the newspaper ” Vedomosti ” with reference to the report of the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT). This amount is a record, because in 2023, for the same period, Russians spent 32 billion rubles on sports shoes, and for seven months of […]
The amount of suspicious transfers for the bank was revealed
Banks consider transfers over 100 thousand rubles suspicious, said analyst Eryaniya Bochkina. This was reported by the agency “Prime” . She emphasized that transfers of 1 million rubles per month, more than 30 banking transactions per day, as well as the time between the crediting and debiting of funds – one minute or less – are also […]
Demand for machine and equipment developers has sharply increased in Russia
From January to September, Russian employers posted more than 145,000 vacancies for machine and equipment developers or mechanical engineers. This is an absolute record of demand over the past five years, the press service of the hh.ru resource told Gazeta.Ru on the eve of Mechanical Engineer’s Day on September 29. Thus, in 2019, companies posted […]
The most disciplined borrowers have been named
The most “exemplary” borrowers in Russia are civil servants (the share of overdue loans is 17.5%), financiers (18%) and doctors (18.1%). This is stated in a study by the company “Robot Zaimer” (Gazeta.Ru has a copy). Engineers (18.4%) and IT specialists (19.3%) can also boast high payment discipline. At the same time, the largest number […]
Expert predicts Bitcoin rate for October
There is a 70% chance that the Bitcoin rate could rise to $72,000 in October. This forecast was given to Gazeta.Ru by Ryan Lee, chief analyst at Bitget Research . According to him, October seems to be a fairly positive month for Bitcoin. The expert named the minimum value of Bitcoin in October as $58 thousand. “The […]
The most popular place for Russians to relax in summer has been named
Crimea has become the most popular holiday destination for Russians this summer. The number of hotel bookings on the peninsula has grown by 44% in a year. Such statistics were provided to Gazeta.Ru by the press service of the Ostrovok service. The top 3 fast-growing destinations included Amur Region (+40% bookings per year) and Sakhalin (+37%). […]