The volume of funds in digital ruble accounts in Russian banks reached 13.2 billion rubles on October 1, after a 216-fold increase in September from 61 million rubles, writes RBC. The sharp increase in the index is not related to the active use of the new form of money by citizens and businesses, but to the need for credit institutions to create liquid reserves on the central bank platform for future customer transactions. Almost 80% of all balances of the sector in digital rubles were handled by Sberbank - 10.5 billion rubles.

The volume of funds in digital ruble accounts in Russian banks reached 13.2 billion rubles on October 1, after a 216-fold increase in September from 61 million rubles, writes RBC. The sharp increase in the index is not related to the active use of the new form of money by citizens and businesses, but to the need for credit institutions to create liquid reserves on the central bank platform for future customer transactions. Almost 80% of all balances of the sector in digital rubles were handled by Sberbank - 10.5 billion rubles.