Association of Russian Banks Information

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 activities within the Association with the participation of the ARB member banks. Since 1997 the Association of Russian Banks has been an associated member of the European Banking Federation. ARB contact information: Tel. +7 (495) 690-0580, fax - 691-6666 http://www.arb.ru/site/eng/ e-mail: arb@arb.ru