On March 16, 2023, the FinU together with the providers of the federal Artificial Intelligence project of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” and the largest electronic trading platforms held a round table on the topic “Fintech: Prospects for Digital Trading Platforms Development”.
The round table was attended by representatives of government agencies, banking and financial sectors, as well as leading software developers. The event was moderated by the head of the Competence Center “Digital Economy” of the FinU, Member of the Federation Council for Digital Economy Nadezhda Surova and the General Director of OFT LLC Ivan Vagarin.
Today, Russia is facing unprecedented sanctions. A significant share of exports and imports turned out to be in the risk zone, and a significant part of the production system was cut off from world markets. As a result, the Russian economy faces a large-scale structural transformation in the coming years, which will require a revision of economic and industrial policy. In these conditions, to reach a qualitatively new level, the development, identification and scaling of best practices in the use of digital technologies and the development of digital trading platforms are relevant.
During the speeches, the speakers supported the general opinion on the need to consolidate the efforts of the state and business in the areas of regulatory development and state support for sovereign financial technologies of Russia, including using the capabilities of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.
Igor Sudets, Deputy Director of the Department of the Ministry of Finance of Russia, focused the audience’s attention on strategies for reaching a qualitatively new level of digital transformation in all spheres of the state’s life, actualizing the development, identification and scaling of best practices in the use of digital technologies and the development of digital trading platforms. Representatives of the Central Bank of Russia Natalia Itskovich and Grigory Gashnikov considered the sovereign financial model of sustainable development for the state and corporations and the training of specialized specialists.
In turn, the Chief Digital Transformation Officer of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Mikhail Dubtsov, suggested discussing new approaches to motivating businesses to participate in achieving national goals and the necessary changes in the state’s investment policy that contribute to this. Director of the Competence Center “Digital Economy” of RosNOU, Vice President of 1T Evgeny Nezhdanov touched upon issues related to digital marketplaces of goods and services that will ensure the technological and financial sovereignty of Russia.
According to the round table results, a resolution was prepared on the need to develop digital financial systems, create alternative systems of international settlements based on blockchain technologies and digital currency to strengthen the technological and financial sovereignty of the country, reduce dependence on international financial systems controlled by other countries and ensure transparency and speed of settlements.
