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T-Bank
T-Bank (), formerly known as Tinkoff Bank is a Russian commercial bank based in Moscow and founded by Oleg Tinkov in 2006. Up until 2024, the bank did not have branches and was considered a neobank. It is the second largest provider of credit cards in Russia, and is one of the world's largest digital banks, as measured by number of customers. , Tinkoff Bank has had its credit rating withdrawn in compliance with sanctions imposed as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine; shortly afterwards the bank was taken over by Interros and renamed to remove the reference to its founder. On 1 January 2025, the large universal bank Rosbank was merged into T-Bank. History Entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov founded Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2006, after working with consultants from Boston Consulting Group to see if a bank without branches could work in Russia. Tinkov invested around $70 million in the bank, and based the bank on the American Capital One bank; Tinkov took over the Khimmashbank corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosbank
Rosbank (Russian: Росбанк) was formerly a Russian universal bank and is currently a branch of T-Bank with its own brand focused on corporate clients. In October 2024, Rosbank ranked 11th among Russian banks in terms of assets (2113 billion). According to Forbes Russia, Rosbank was the third most reliable Russian bank in 2024. History Founded in 1993 under the name of AKB Nezavisimost (Independence), the legal status of the bank has evolved several times (1994: TOO, 1996: ZAO). In September 1998, Interros holding company bought the bank and renamed it to Joint Commercial Bank (JCB) "Rosbank". In 1999 the bank's legal status changed to Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC). On 21 November 2000, the Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov associated bank ONEKSIM bank (akas: Uneximbank; Onexim Bank; Oneksimbank) merged with Rosbank. In 2006 Société Générale acquired 20% of Rosbank with an option to purchase an additional package of 30% +2 shares for US$1.7 billion till the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
