Russia’s biggest bank reportedly plans to offer a crypto wallet and digital depository this year. That’s according to a report Monday (July 6) from CoinDesk, which says this move will bring Sberbank into a market Russia has spent years hoping to contain. The new services will become part of...
The European Union reportedly proposed sanctions on a ruble-backed stablecoin called A7A5. The coin is tied to Russians who are themselves under sanctions, Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct. 6), citing EU documents. The restrictions would prohibit any engagement, directly or indirectly, by EU-based entities in transactions...
The Russian government is allegedly “at least in part responsible” for a data breach targeting the U.S. court filing system, PACER. The hackers searched for “midlevel criminal cases” in several jurisdictions, including New York City, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Aug. 12), citing a paywalled article by The New York Times that...
The U.S. government’s impending ban on certain car parts from China and Russia, particularly those critical for connectivity and vehicle autonomy, is raising concerns across the automotive industry. Automakers, including General Motors, Toyota, Hyundai and Volkswagen, are calling for a delay in the rule’s enforcement, citing...
January 14, 2025
The U.S. government’s impending ban on certain car parts from China and Russia, particularly those critical for connectivity and vehicle autonomy, is raising concerns across the automotive industry. Automakers, including General Motors, Toyota, Hyundai and Volkswagen, are calling for a delay in the rule’s enforcement, citing potential disruptions to production timelines. The ban, which targets components […]
May 27, 2022
Sanctions have been dominating headlines. Nithai Barzam, COO of nsKnox, a corporate payment security company, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that beyond the sanctions that have been designed to rock Russia...
March 06, 2022
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday (March 4) that it will remove stocks listed or domiciled in Russia from its benchmarks because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. This will...
March 04, 2022
Asking cryptocurrency exchanges to block the addresses of their Russian users last weekend, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said: “It’s crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to...
September 22, 2026
Some of the world’s largest banks have reportedly handled billions of dollars for a Kremlin-backed FinTech that used forgery to enter the international financial system. An investigation by the Financial Times (FT) published Monday (Sept. 21) found that A7, a company established as an alternative to western payment systems, used “old-fashioned money laundering” to move […]
July 06, 2026
Russia’s biggest bank reportedly plans to offer a crypto wallet and digital depository this year. That’s according to a report Monday (July 6) from CoinDesk, which says this move will bring Sberbank into a...
October 07, 2025
The European Union reportedly proposed sanctions on a ruble-backed stablecoin called A7A5. The coin is tied to Russians who are themselves under sanctions, Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct. 6), citing EU...
August 12, 2025
The Russian government is allegedly “at least in part responsible” for a data breach targeting the U.S. court filing system, PACER. The hackers searched for “midlevel criminal cases” in several jurisdictions,...
