International Banking Day

PROGRAMME

NATIONAL DIGITAL CURRENCIES AND INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS

March 31 - April 1, 2022
12
Days
01
Hours
52
Minutes
52
Seconds

MARCH 31 | DAY 1

SESSION I

INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS AND TRADE FINANCE: EMBRACING THE NEW REALITY  

Under Sanctions Pressure: Mapping the New International Payments Landscape. Extra-Territorial Application of Foreign Laws: Are They Critical for Russian Banking System and Traders? 

Cutting Off from SWIFT: How Russian Banks and Global Banking Community Might Be Impacted? Alternative Russian and Foreign Telecommunication Systems. 

Trade Finance: The Problem Of Outstanding Transactions and Conditions for New Transactions. 

Tightening Foreign Exchange Control in Russia as a Response to Crisis. What to Expect in Immediate Future? 

Retrospective Application of Requirement on Mandatory Sale of 80% Foreign Currency Earnings. The Challenges of Implementation.  

PLENARY SESSION 

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DIGITAL CURRENCIES IN INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS 

Speaker:

  • Alexey Moiseev, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Panel discussion: 

Breaking News on Digital Currencies’ Regulation. 

Crypto Regulation is Coming: Whether European Central Bank is to Implement Regulation for Crypto Currencies/Crypto Assets in Order to Prevent the Breach of Sanctions Against Russia? The Potential Regulation for Transferring Crypto to Fiat Money. 

Digital Ruble to Be the Third form of Money? 

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Gearing Up for the Future of Money. 

B2B Services of Retail Payment Systems.  

Сессия III

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRADE AND FINANCE  

Speaker:

  • Tatiana Ivashkova, Head of the ICC Russia Working Group on Digitalization of Trade Finance, Executive Director, Head of Trade Finance Development, Raiffeisenbank JSC

  • Mikhail Chekanov, General Director, Design Bureau "Contract"

Panel discussion: 

Trade Digitization on a Global Scale: How Far are We? 

ICC “Digital” Rules: Implementation and Transaction Parties’ Relationship. 

Russia: Digitalization and Other Trends in Guarantee Business. 

Russia, China, Middle East: Development of Digital Payment Infrastructure. 

SESSION IV SPECIAL SESSION

DISPUTE RESOLUTION RELATED TO DOCUMENTARY CREDITS AND DEMAND GUARANTEES. 

Speaker:

  • Dmitry Kuptsov, Partner, ALRUD Law Firm

Panel discussion: 

Dispute Resolution Related to Documentary Credits in Russian Courts. Case Study: Issuing Bank Bankruptcy. 

Case Study: TC Skyward Aviation U.S., Inc. V. Deutsche Bank AG, N.Y. Branch. 

International Practice of Resolution of Disputes Related to Bank Guarantees. 

Trends in Russian Judicial Practice Related to Independent (Bank) Guarantees. 

APRIL 1 | DAY 2

SESSION v

INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE IN DEMAND GUARANTEES 

Demand Guarantee and Counter-Guarantee in International Practice: Sanctions Impact on Mechanism for Carrying Out Transaction, Questionable Cases, “Complicated” Jurisdictions. 

Russian Regulation of Bank Guarantees in Procurement: Standardization, Digitalization, Centralization. 

Demand Guarantee ≠ Bank Guarantee: New Players in the Guarantee Market and Competition-Related Issues. 

Evergreen Guarantee: What’s Going in The World and the Outlook for Russia. 

Counter-Guarantees in the Russian Market: To Be or Not To Be? 

SESSION II

DOCUMENTARY CREDITS: WORKING IN THE WAKE OF SANCTIONS  

Documentary Credits in the Wake Of Sanctions: Where Are We Now and Will We Manage to Exit the Deadlock Soon? 

ICC Reissues The Previous ICC Guidance on the Use of Sanctions Clauses in Documentary Credits in Consolidated Form. Would it Work? 

Paper Documents Presentation: How to Address the Couriers’ Suspension the Services to and From Russia? 

Digital Technologies in Documentary Transactions: Problems, Opportunities and Perspectives. 

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