The Central Bank of Russia is preparing to significantly expand financial reporting regulations, requiring commercial banks to disclose much more detailed information about customers’ cross-border transactions, including those related to cryptocurrencies. This move comes as Moscow accelerates its plan to complete the legal framework for regulating the domestic crypto market within this year.
According to the draft regulations, banks will be required to separately report activities related to buying, selling, and transferring cryptocurrencies, along with comprehensive information about the sender, receiver, residency status, payment methods, intermediaries involved, transaction fees, and the source of the funds. In addition to cryptocurrencies, the report will also extend to digital assets such as digital rights, tokenized assets, and NFTs.
Russia’s goal is to more accurately record new economic activities—especially crypto mining and investment—into the balance of payments, foreign debt, and national financial statistics, while also strengthening the monitoring of digital cash flows within the banking system.