Russian banks massively block business access to online services In 2026, the number of complaints from businesses about blocking remote banking services (RBS) has increased sharply. In the first half of the year, the total number of references to the central bank on this issue jumped by a third - to 23.8 thousand, of which about 1.8 thousand were from companies. Lawyers confirm that sometimes restrictions are not removed for months even after submitting all the documents. The bank suggested simply closing the account of one company; Another developer was disconnected from the online bank for six months. Without remote banking services, a business has to go to a branch with papers, and large transactions are not done online at all. The banks explain this in suspicious transactions under 115-FZ and fraud prevention systems. According to experts, the reason is not the increase in fraud, but the tightening of regulation and the doubling of the list of criteria for suspicious transactions.

Russian banks massively block business access to online services In 2026, the number of complaints from businesses about blocking remote banking services (RBS) has increased sharply. In the first half of the year, the total number of references to the central bank on this issue jumped by a third - to 23.8 thousand, of which about 1.8 thousand were from companies. Lawyers confirm that sometimes restrictions are not removed for months even after submitting all the documents. The bank suggested simply closing the account of one company; Another developer was disconnected from the online bank for six months. Without remote banking services, a business has to go to a branch with papers, and large transactions are not done online at all. The banks explain this in suspicious transactions under 115-FZ and fraud prevention systems. According to experts, the reason is not the increase in fraud, but the tightening of regulation and the doubling of the list of criteria for suspicious transactions.