Bank of Russia Deposit Operations

Bank of Russia Deposit Operations

Deposit operations conducted through Bank of Russia regional branches (by concluding bilateral tender agreements)

Deposit operations conducted via the Reuters Dealing System

Deposit operations conducted via the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange Electronic Trading System

Bank of Russia counterparties in deposit operations (statistical data)

Amount of the deposits of the credit institutions involved by the Bank of Russia

Sources of information on Bank of Russia deposit operations


 

Bank of Russia Deposit Operations

    Under Article 4 and Article 46 of the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), the Bank of Russia conducts operations to take deposits from credit institutions for the purpose of regulating banking sector liquidity. Deposit operations are conducted in compliance with Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002, "On the Procedure for Conducting Deposit Operations by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation with Credit Institutions in the Currency of the Russian Federation" (with amendments).

    At present the Bank of Russia conducts the following deposit operations with resident credit institutions in the national currency: deposit operations at fixed interest rates and deposit operations at auction rates (deposit auctions).

    Deposit operations at fixed interest rates are conducted daily on standard conditions (established by paragraph 4.3 of Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002, "On the Procedure for Conducting Deposit Operations by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation with Credit Institutions in the Currency of the Russian Federation" (with amendments).

    Deposit auctions are held weekly on Thursday on the conditions set by the Bank of Russia (in accordance with the quarterly schedule of deposit auctions). Deposit auctions are held according to the American auction principle, when a credit institution may make both competitive and non-competitive bids, but Dutch auctions are also possible. The largest possible share of non-competitive bids set by the Bank of Russia for a credit institution is 50%.

    Bank of Russia counterparty credit institutions may make bids to the Bank of Russia for participation in a deposit operation by:

    1. passing to the Bank of Russia regional branch a tender agreement (compiled in established form);

    2. conducting negotiations through the Reuters Dealing System;

    3. making a bid to the MICEX Electronic Trading System (hereinafter MICEX ETS).

    Deposit transactions via the Reuters Dealing System and MICEX Electronic Trading System are conducted on behalf of the Bank of Russia by its Moscow-based authorised division, the Bank of Russia General Economic Department.

    A Bank of Russia counterparty credit institution is free to choose any of the aforementioned ways of making a bid for participation in a deposit operation.

Aggregate Table of Deposit Operation Types and Terms and Conditions

Deposit operation type Means of making a bid Deposit operation term (T - deposit operation date) Interest rate Minimum amount (million rubles) Rules and regulations
regional branch R-D MICEX regional branch R-D MICEX
Fixed-rate deposit operations + + Overnight (T+0) 4.50 100 1

— Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002, "On the Procedure for Conducting Deposit Operations by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation with Credit Institutions in the Currency of the Russian Federation"

— Bank of Russia Ordinance No. 2929-U, dated December 10, 2012

+ + Overnight: tom-next (T+1), spot-next (T+2) 4.50 100 1
+ + + Tom-one-month (28 calendar days) (T+1) 4.50 10 (For credit institutions in Moscow and Moscow Region),
3 (For credit institutions in other Region)
100 1
+ + On call (T+0) 4.50 100 1
Auction-rate deposit operations (deposit auctions) + + + One-week (Т+1) Set by the Bank of Russia according to auction results 10 (For credit institutions in Moscow and Moscow Region),
3 (For credit institutions in other Region)
10 1

Rules on Bank of Russia Deposit and Lending Operations with Credit Institutions via MICEX Electronic Trading System, approved by Moscow Exchange on April 9, 2012, and agreed upon with the Bank of Russia on April 12, 2012

 

    Bank of Russia counterparties in deposit operations are banks, settlement non-bank credit institutions, and non-bank credit institutions conducting deposit and lending operations.

    Requirements for Bank of Russia counterparty credit institutions

     As of the Bank of Russia deposit operation date, a credit institution should meet the following criteria:

    1. it should belong to the first or the second classification groups under Bank of Russia standard acts (for non-bank credit institutions - Bank of Russia Ordinance No. 766-U, dated March 31, 2000, with amendments; for banks - Bank of Russia Ordinance No. 2005-U, dated June 30, 2008);

    2. it should comply with the Bank of Russia reserve requirements (have no shortfall in the required reserves or unpaid fines imposed for non-compliance with the reserve requirements and should present the required reserve calculation);

    3. it should not have overdue pecuniary obligations to the Bank of Russia.

    A credit institution should have a correspondent account (subaccount) agreement or an additional agreement to the correspondent account (subaccount) agreement concluded with the Bank of Russia regional branch where it has a correspondent account or subaccount(s), giving the Bank of Russia the power to recover from the correspondent account or subaccount(s) without the credit institution’s order a fine for non-compliance (improper compliance) by the credit institution with its obligations in respect to a deposit operation.

 

Deposit operations conducted through Bank of Russia regional branches (by concluding bilateral tender agreements)

        At present the Bank of Russia only holds deposit auctions by concluding bilateral tender agreements. These deposit operations are conducted in compliance with Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002. Information on the terms and conditions of deposit auctions is put on the Bank of Russia website and made known to credit institutions by the Bank of Russia regional branches.

    A credit institution wishing to participate in Bank of Russia deposit auctions by concluding bilateral tender agreements should contact the Bank of Russia regional branch in which it has a correspondent account and make a request for the conclusion of an agreement on the use of an analogue of the authorised representatives’ signature in exchanging the tender agreements. To participate in a deposit auction, a credit institution should send within the time limits set by the Bank of Russia the tender agreement (in form indicated in Annex 2 to Regulation No. 203-P) to the Bank of Russia regional branch where it has a correspondent account opened for it.

    According to the results of the deposit auction (if a credit institution’s bid was included in the list of accepted bids), the credit institution transfers in compliance with the conditions of the deposit operation the amount deposited in its correspondent account opened in the Bank of Russia regional branch to the deposit account opened in the same Bank of Russia regional branch.

Deposit operations conducted via the Reuters Dealing System

    These deposit operations are conducted in compliance with Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002. Information on the terms and conditions of the deposit operations conducted via the Reuters Dealing System (at fixed interest rates and auction rates) is available on the Bank of Russia website and in the Reuters information system.

    Information on cut-off and average weighted deposit auction rates

    A credit institution wishing to participate in Bank of Russia deposit operations via the Reuters Dealing System should make an application to the Bank of Russia regional branch where it has a correspondent account opened for it for concluding a general agreement on the conduct of deposit operations in the Russian currency via the Reuters Dealing System (in the form indicated in Annex 3 or Annex 4 to Regulation No. 203-P). On the deposit operation day the credit institution makes an offer to the Bank of Russia General Economic Department via the Reuters Dealing System to conduct a deposit operation at a fixed interest rate and/or a bid for participation in a deposit auction.

    Upon the completion of a deposit operation (if its terms and conditions have been agreed upon and the deposit operation has been conducted at a fixed interest rate and/or the credit institution’s bid has been included in the list of accepted bids), the credit institution transfers the agreed-upon amount to a deposit account opened for it in the Bank of Russia First Operations Division according to the following procedure:

    1. a credit institution based in Moscow or the Moscow Region makes the transfer from a correspondent account opened in the Bank of Russia Moscow Branch;

    2. a credit institution based in another region makes the transfer from a correspondent subaccount of its Moscow branch opened in the Bank of Russia Moscow Branch.

Deposit operations conducted via the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange Electronic Trading System

    Deposit operations are conducted in accordance with Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002, and the Rules on the Bank of Russia Deposit and Lending Operations with Credit Institutions via MICEX ETS, approved by MICEX Board of Directors on May 12, 2006, and agreed upon with the Bank of Russia on May 29, 2006. Information on the terms and conditions of deposit operations conducted via the MICEX ETS (at fixed or auction rates) is available on the Bank of Russia website and in the MICEX ETS.

    Information on cut-off and average weighted deposit auction rates

    A credit institution wishing to participate in deposit operations via the MICEX ETS should conclude the following agreements:

    1. with the organised securities market authorised settlement centre: a bank account agreement (an additional agreement to the bank account agreement) giving the Bank of Russia the power to recover from the bank account opened in the organised securities market authorised settlement centre without the account-holding credit institution’s order a fine for the credit institution’s non-fulfilment of obligations under a deposit transaction;

    2. with the Bank of Russia (represented by its regional branch where a credit institution has a correspondent account opened for it): a General Deposit Agreement on the conclusion of deposit transactions in the Russian currency in the MICEX ETS (in the form of Annex 2 indicated in Bank of Russia Ordinance No. 121-Т, dated August 8, 2007, "On a form of the Additional agreement to the General deposit agreement").

    3. with Moscow Exchange: agreements and requirements established by Moscow Exchange (on the participation in the MICEX ETS for the conclusion of deposit transactions with the Bank of Russia, on the provision of technical access to MICEX software, on the accession to the Electronic Document Turnover Rules, and other agreements).

    On the deposit transaction day, a credit institution files an application to the MICEX ETS to deposit funds at a fixed interest rate and/or to participate in a deposit auction.

    When concluding a deposit transaction, a credit institution transfers funds under the terms of the transaction from its bank account opened in the organised securities market authorised settlement centre to a deposit account opened in the authorised Bank of Russia establishment.

         Chart of interaction between participants in deposit operations when concluding a General Deposit Agreement

 

  Chart of interaction between participants in deposit operations via the MICEX ETS when a credit institution transfers funds to a deposit and the Bank of Russia returns the deposit and pays interest

   List of organised securities market authorised settlement centres and Bank of Russia authorised establishments

Organised securities market authorised settlement centers* Bank of Russia authorised establishments**
National Settlement Depository (NSD) Bank of Russia First Operations Division
Petersburg Settlement Centre Limited (PSC LTD) Bank of Russia St. Petersburg Branch

* Organised securities market authorised settlement centres are the settlement non-bank credit institutions effecting settlements under agreements with the Bank of Russia on deposit transactions concluded via the MICEX Electronic Trading System.
** A Bank of Russia authorised establishment is the Bank of Russia establishment, authorised to open deposit accounts for the Bank of Russia deposit transactions concluded via the MICEX Electronic Trading System.

 

Bank of Russia counterparties in deposit operations (statistical data)

 Credit institutions which have concluded the agreements with Bank of Russia for deposit operations according to Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203-P, dated November 5, 2002, grouped by registered authorized capital (million rubles)

Region 01.01.2010 01.01.2011 01.01.2012 01.02.2012 01.03.2012 01.04.2012 01.05.2012 01.06.2012 01.07.2012 01.08.2012 01.09.2012 01.10.2012 01.11.2012 01.12.2012 01.01.2013 01.02.2013 01.03.2013 01.04.2013
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Russian Federation 418 451 470 472 474 478 480 480 484 484 488 491 493 492 493 492 495 495
Central Federal District 274 283 300 302 303 306 306 306 309 309 312 312 314 314 314 314 316 317
Belgorod Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bryansk Region
Vladimir Region
Voronezh Region 1
Ivanovo Region 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Kaluga Region
Kostroma Region 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Kursk Region
Lipetsk Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Orel Region
Ryazan Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Smolensk Region
Tambov Region
Tver Region 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tula Region 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Yaroslavl Region 2 1
Moscow and Moscow Region 259 271 289 291 292 295 295 295 298 298 300 300 302 302 302 302 304 305
North-West District 20 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 27 27 27 27 29 29
Republic of Karelia
Republic of Komi 1 1
Arkhangelsk Region 1
Vologda Region 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Kaliningrad Region 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Leningrad Region
Murmansk Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Novgorod Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pskov Region 1 1 1 1 1 1
St. Petersburg 11 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 17
South Federal District* 22 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Republic of Adigei (Adigeya) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Republic of Kalmykia
Krasnodar Territory 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Astrakhan Region 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Volgograd Region 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Rostov Region 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
North-Caucasian Federal District** 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Kabardino-Balkar Republic 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Karachai-Cherkess Republic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Republic of Daghestan
Republic of Ingushetia
Republic of Northern Ossetia — Alania
Stavropol Territory 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Republic of Chechnya
Privolzhsky Federal District 42 50 51 51 51 51 53 53 54 54 54 55 55 55 56 56 56 56
Republic of Bashkortostan 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Republic of Mariy-El
Republic of Mordovia 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan) 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Udmurt Republic 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chuvash Republic — Chuvashya 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Perm Territory
Kirov Region 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Nizhni Novgorod Region 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Orenburg Region 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Penza Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Samara Region 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Saratov Region 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ulyanovsk Region
Urals Federal District 26 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 29 29 29 29 29
Kurgan Region
Sverdlovsk Region 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Tyumen Region 10 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11
Chelyabinsk Region 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Siberia Federal District 20 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 20 19 19
Republic of Altai
Republic of Buryatia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Republic of Tyva 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Republic of Khakassia 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Altai Territory
Krasnoyarsk Territory 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Irkutsk Region 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kemerovo Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Novosibirsk Region 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Omsk Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tomsk Region 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Zabaykalskiy Territory
Far East Federal District 14 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 15
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Primorski Territory 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
Khabarovsk Territory 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Amur Region 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Kamchatka Territory 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Magadan Region
Sakhalin Region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jewish Autonomous Region
Chukotka Autonomous Area

* Till January 19, 2010, the structure of South Federal District included the regions of the Russian Federation allocated in structure of the North-Caucasian Federal District according to the Ordinance of the President of the Russian Federation No 82, dated January 19, 2010.
** The North-Caucasian federal district is formed according to the Ordinance of the President of the Russian Federation No 82, dated January 19, 2010.

 

 

Amount of the deposits of the credit institutions involved by the Bank of Russia
Year/month Amount, million rubles
2004, total 7,056,494.9
2005, total 9,630,609.4
2006, total 9,701,976.0
2007, total 45,095,839.9
2008, total 17,729,941.7
2009, total 17,639,406.5
2010, total 35,275,901.5
2011, total 70,122,720.6
2012, total 25,995,966.3
 
2013
January 2,434,595.4
February 2,457,812.5
March 1,984,878.8
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
December  
2013, total 6,877,286.7

 

Sources of information on Bank of Russia deposit operations:
 
1. Bank of Russia Bulletin (in Russian);
2. Bulletin of Banking Statistics:
- Table 1.19 "Monetary Base (Broad Definition)";
- Table 2.6 "Fixed_term Rates on the Bank of Russia Deposit Operations";
- Table 2.12 "Main Characteristics of the Bank of Russia Deposit Operations";
- Table 2.13 "Main Characteristics of the Bank of Russia Deposit Auctions";
- Table 6.1.9 "Number of Credit Institutions under the General Agreement with the Bank of Russia on Deposit Operations (AD), General Loan Agreement (GLA), Number of Correspondent Accounts Credited by the Bank of Russia (CA)";
- Diagram 7.3 "Credit Institutions under the General Agreements with the Bank of Russia on Deposit Operations in Accordance with the Bank of Russia Regulation No. 203_P, on 5.11.2002, Grouped by Size of Registered Authorized Capital as of ___";
- Diagram 7.7 "Structure of Broad Monetary Base as of ___";
- Section 8 "Summary Methodology".
3. Guidelines for the Single State Monetary Policy;
4. Bank of Russia Annual Report.

 


Updated April 18, 2013.


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