Photo: Organizer of “Cybersecurity in Finance”

The annual Cybersecurity in Finance forum, organized by the Bank of Russia, was held in Yekaterinburg, at the Yekaterinburg Expo site. The event brought together more than 1,600 participants — representatives of federal authorities, major banks, fintech companies and experts in the field of information security. The key topic was summing up the results of 2025 and setting priorities for the cyber resilience of the financial sector in 2026.

Right line participated in the forum as a delegate.

The central event of the first day was the plenary discussion “Combating cyberbullying: towards a common goal” with the participation of the Chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvir Nabiullin. Representatives of the country’s leading banks discussed the effectiveness of measures already implemented and the further development of services to prevent theft.
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Photo: Organizer of “Cybersecurity in Finance”

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According to the data announced at the session, in 2025, the volume of credit fraud decreased by 40%. A significant role was played by the introduction of the so—called “hot button”, a mechanism for promptly blocking suspicious transactions. The average amount of stolen funds decreased from 22 thousand rubles in February to 16 thousand rubles in November, and the number of large-scale thefts decreased 1.5 times. The largest banks suspend about 330 thousand transactions with signs of fraud every month.

At the same time, the total amount of funds stolen from citizens increased by 6% due to an increase in the number of victims. Market participants note that scammers quickly adapt to new defense mechanisms, changing attack scenarios.

Peter Fradkov, Chairman of the PSB, stressed that banks are strengthening technological cooperation.:

“We are working on technological platforms — this is the introduction and use of GIS anti-fraud, on the one hand. On the other hand, we actively cooperate with telecom operators in identifying fraudulent calls.”

During the forum, the head of the Bank of Russia also got acquainted with the practical solutions of banks. An online model for identifying the numbers of citizens who are “in operation” of fraudulent call centers was presented at one of the stands. Information about such numbers is transmitted to telecom operators and used for additional customer protection.

Special attention at the forum was paid to the development of Open APIs of the Bank of Russia. Representatives of Right line participated in the session “Open APIs: new risks or a path to secure data exchange?”, where they discussed the vulnerabilities of financial applications, data protection requirements and building a secure interbank exchange.

According to Svyatoslav Ageev, Director of the state Projects Department at T-Bank, multi-banking systems based on Open APIs can reach up to 30 million Russians within five years. Already today, more than 100,000 customers have combined accounts of the four largest banks in the T-Bank application; since October 2025, the service’s user base has grown sixfold.

Currently, market participants, together with the Bank of Russia and the Fintech Association, are working on a new client way to connect multi-banking. It involves adding accounts without switching to third-party banking applications and without reducing the level of protection.

The Yekaterinburg Forum confirmed that despite notable successes in the fight against cyberbullying, the financial sector remains in a constant technological race. The key priorities for 2026 are the development of an anti-fraud infrastructure, deepening cross-industry cooperation, and creating a secure environment for scaling open APIs and digital services.