The Central Bank selected the first banks to test the digital ruble
The Central Bank named the first 12 banks to test the digital ruble. The start of the experiment is scheduled for January 2022. As specified in the message on the website of the regulator, the selected banks "expressed their desire to participate in the pilot project and sent letters to the Bank of Russia." The first pilot group included : Ak Bars Bank, Alfa-Bank, DOM.RF Bank, VTB, Gazprombank, Tinkoff Bank, Promsvyazbank, Rosbank, Sberbank, SKB-Bank, SOYUZ Bank and TKB Bank.