Legal Aspects of Neobanking in Russia

Student: Ustinov Roman

Faculty: Higher School of Law and Administration

Educational Programme: Lawyer on the Global Financial Market (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

Keywords: Neobank, neobanking, banks, electronic money and payment institutions, banking operations, banking services, remote banking service, FinTech, digital wallet, e-signature, identification, KYC. Abstract The graduation thesis focuses on the study of legal aspects of neobanking in Russian Financial Market. The author researches and replies to the following issues: definition of neobank in Russia, the process of neobanks’ establishment, allowed range of banking operations and services, the process of establishing legal relationship with clients. Besides, the graduation thesis contains the detailed review and analysis of the existing neobanks in Russia.

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