RUS CB Microfinance Firm Support


On Nov. 17, RUS CB extended support for microfinance institutions.


  • RUS CB extended measures to support microfinance institutions until Dec. 31, 2024.
  • Summary
  • To provide support to citizens and companies and preserve lending potential, RUS CB is extending until Dec. 31, 2024 inclusive, regulatory easing for microfinance firms.
  • And consumer credit cooperatives, which cannot classify loans from participants in military action affected clients as restructured debt when forming sanction reserves.
  • It is also planned to extend until Dec. 31, 2024 inclusive: the right of MFOs not to disclose information provided for by decisions of the Board of directors of RUS CB.
  • And application when assessing persons who have the right to directly/indirectly dispose of shares of an MFO, of the list of offshore zones approved by RUS CB.

Regulators RUS CB
Entity Types Bank; CNSM
Reference PR, 11/17/2023
Functions Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Risk; Treasury
Countries Russia
Category
State
Products Banking; Cards; Deposits; Loan; Payments
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 11/17/2023
Effective Date 12/31/2024
Rule Id 191639
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 11/17/2023
Report Section International

Last substantive update on 11/20/2023