Rubel falls against US, European, Russian currencies at BCSE
October 29, Pozirk. The rubel has depreciated to 3.3127 against the US dollar at the October 29 trading session of the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE).
The Belarusian currency also fell to 3.6026 per euro and 3.4204 per 100 Russian rubles but climbed to 4.6752 per 10 Chinese yuan.
Last week (October 21–25), the rubel gained 0.66 percent against the euro but lost 0.05 percent against the greenback, 0.13 percent against the Chinese currency and 0.37 percent against the Russian currency.
The rubel lost 1.06 percent against the dollar in the first nine months of 2024.
National Bank encourages banks and IT to cooperate amid sanctions
October 29, Pozirk. Belarus’ technological independence amid Western sanctions can be secured by the development of software and hardware solutions for e-banking and financial services, Dźmitryj Kalečyc, deputy chair of the central bank’s board, told the BANKIT-2024 tech forum in …
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