The Financial institution of Russia yesterday (Thursday) revealed additional particulars on its central financial institution digital forex (CBDC), together with the image of the digital ruble and the fee construction.
The central financial institution is not going to cost any charges on digital rule transactions till the tip of 2024. Nonetheless, transaction adjustments might be imposed from 2025: 15 rubles ($0.16) for every B2B transaction would price, and for people, there might be a cost of 0.3 p.c of the transaction for business account transfers and 0.2 p.c for civil companies funds.
As for the digital ruble brand, it’s the worldwide digital ruble image inside a circle with 4 fundamental coloration combos.
Digital ruble image
“The signal of the ruble is positioned in a circle with an offset to the left relative to its middle. The vertical principal line of the letter “P” is positioned at a distance of 1/3 of the diameter and is linked to the circle, whereas the horizontal extensions additionally cross into the road of the circle,” the official announcement added (translated from Russian).
“To make sure optimum legibility, the brand is at all times surrounded by a safety area. No graphics, pictures, or textual content can match on this area. The gap from the brand to different objects should not be lower than the desired modulus.”
Russia Strikes Forward with Digital Ruble
With its financial system torn by the Western sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia accelerated its efforts in the direction of the digital ruble. President Vladimir Putin ratified a regulation final month that launched digital rubble.
Earlier, Russia indefinitely postponed a pilot testing of the digital rubble initially scheduled to run in April. The pilot was deliberate to go reside in partnership with 13 native banks. Nonetheless, with presidential approval in place, the pilot, which can check the appliance of digital forex in real-life transactions, is anticipated to go reside this month.
The Financial institution of Russia, which can function the CBDC, clarified earlier than that the digital ruble is not going to exchange money, and the 2 will co-exist. Additionally, the adoption of the digital ruble is not going to be compelled on Russians. Financial institution of Russia deputy governor Olga Skorobogatova additionally specified that the central financial institution shouldn’t be executing mass adoption of the digital ruble earlier than 2025 and even 2027.
The Financial institution of Russia yesterday (Thursday) revealed additional particulars on its central financial institution digital forex (CBDC), together with the image of the digital ruble and the fee construction.
The central financial institution is not going to cost any charges on digital rule transactions till the tip of 2024. Nonetheless, transaction adjustments might be imposed from 2025: 15 rubles ($0.16) for every B2B transaction would price, and for people, there might be a cost of 0.3 p.c of the transaction for business account transfers and 0.2 p.c for civil companies funds.
As for the digital ruble brand, it’s the worldwide digital ruble image inside a circle with 4 fundamental coloration combos.
Digital ruble image
“The signal of the ruble is positioned in a circle with an offset to the left relative to its middle. The vertical principal line of the letter “P” is positioned at a distance of 1/3 of the diameter and is linked to the circle, whereas the horizontal extensions additionally cross into the road of the circle,” the official announcement added (translated from Russian).
“To make sure optimum legibility, the brand is at all times surrounded by a safety area. No graphics, pictures, or textual content can match on this area. The gap from the brand to different objects should not be lower than the desired modulus.”
Russia Strikes Forward with Digital Ruble
With its financial system torn by the Western sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia accelerated its efforts in the direction of the digital ruble. President Vladimir Putin ratified a regulation final month that launched digital rubble.
Earlier, Russia indefinitely postponed a pilot testing of the digital rubble initially scheduled to run in April. The pilot was deliberate to go reside in partnership with 13 native banks. Nonetheless, with presidential approval in place, the pilot, which can check the appliance of digital forex in real-life transactions, is anticipated to go reside this month.
The Financial institution of Russia, which can function the CBDC, clarified earlier than that the digital ruble is not going to exchange money, and the 2 will co-exist. Additionally, the adoption of the digital ruble is not going to be compelled on Russians. Financial institution of Russia deputy governor Olga Skorobogatova additionally specified that the central financial institution shouldn’t be executing mass adoption of the digital ruble earlier than 2025 and even 2027.
