VTB clients make more than 80% of cross-border transfers in currencies of friendly countries by phone number. Over the year, interest in this instrument has grown by more than 11 percentage points, the bank said in a statement.
In 9 months of this year, VTB's retail clients made more than 5 million cross—border transfers to friendly countries worth over 150 billion rubles, which is 5 times more than in the same period last year.
Most often, users make transactions in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, as well as China and Belarus. The average check for a single transaction is 28 thousand rubles.
VTB Group is a Russian financial group comprising more than 20 credit and financial companies operating in all major segments of the financial market. The Group has subsidiaries and associated banks in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, a branch office in India, and a branch office and representative office in China.
VTB Group's net profit under IFRS for the first half of 2025 amounted to 280.4 billion rubles.
On November 20, 2024, the AK&M rating agency awarded VTB Bank's sustainability reporting the highest rating.
On July 31, 2025, the AK&M rating agency confirmed the highest rating of VTB Bank's non-financial statements.
