Sale of currency with restrictions, slowdown in the world economy and the second phase of "special operation" Since April 18, Russian banks were allowed to resume the sale of cash currency, but, as The Bell found out, not everyone was not fully used by this opportunity. The head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina warned that the reserves on which the Russian economy is held are finite-and already in the second or third quarter of 2022 it will enter during the "structural transformation".

From today, Russian banks can, with the permission of the Central Bank, resume sales for rubles of cash currency received after April 9. Not everyone began to sell it, not everywhere and not to everyone. The Bell correspondent on Monday interviewed several employees of several branches of different banks. Sberbank sells foreign currency only to its customers with premium packages - Sberbank Premier and SberPerviy, The Bell correspondent found out.

Broker VTB announced that it had completed the transfer of clients' assets with foreign securities to other financial institutions. In the process of transferring some securities, problems arose that affected about 500 clients. “For about 500 clients of the VTB broker, some foreign securities were not serviced by NCO JSC NSD and were accounted for on the client account of the nominal holder — VTB Depository directly in the foreign higher depositories of Euroclear Bank SA / NV, Citi.

Banks began to reduce the amount of cashback and change loyalty programs after the Central Bank ordered them to reduce the acquiring commission to 1% for companies selling socially significant goods and services, writes RBC . Rosbank is changing the conditions for the “Everything is Possible” loyalty program - it will charge 0.5% cashback instead of 1% for purchases from the Central Bank list.

Food manufacturers are asking the government not to impose counter-sanctions against European road carriers. This threatens socially significant industries in Russia. Last week, eight industry associations at once (including the Union of Food Ingredients Producers, the Association of Beer Producers, Soyuzmoloko and Soyuznapitki) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a request not to impose a ban on the import of food ingredients by European vehicles, Kommersant .

The Bell continues to conduct online, dedicated to the economic consequences of the "special military operation" in Ukraine, which began on February 24 20:30 In France, the second round of the presidential elections ends. According to the results of exit polls, the current head of state Emmanuel Macron is in the lead - he has about 55-58% of the vote.