Trends of development of regional banks in the Russian Federation

This article is devoted to the creation of a regional banking system in the Russian Federation. For this purpose the analysis of statistical data on the number of operating credit institutions and their branches in the territorial context was carried out. As a result, the tendencies of the regional structure of the Russian banking system were revealed. The bill on the legal enshrinement of the term "regional bank" is considered in this article and also mandatory standards for a new type of credit institution are given.