By the end of 2023, there were nine financial platform

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Yesterday, March 19, the Bank of Russia (CB)publishedstatistics on the activities of Russian platform service operators. At the end of 2023, the number of operating companies among investment platform operators (IPO) reached 78, while at the end of 2022 there were 64, however, 28 of them were not operating, as the platforms were under development or their activities were suspended due to the unstable geopolitical and economic situation.
operators (FPOs), while there were six at the end of 2022. The number of information system operators (ISOs) reached 10, while there were only three in 2022.

In a review of platform services, the austria whatsapp number database Central Bank reported that the volume of the crowdfunding market (a method of collectively financing projects, in which money for the creation of a new product comes from its end consumers) at the end of 2022 amounted to 20.4 billion rubles, which is 48% more than the volume of funds raised on investment platforms in 2021 (13.8 billion rubles).

In 2023, the number of financial transactions per quarter at OFP increased from 31.6 thousand in the second quarter to 120.7 thousand, in the fourth quarter the number of registered consumers of financial services increased from 233.8 thousand users to 1.3 million, and the volume of concluded quarterly financial transactions increased several times - from 12 billion rubles in the second quarter to 47.8 billion rubles in the fourth quarter.

According to the Central Bank, the niche of platform service operators has been occupied by financial and investment platforms that are engaged in crowdfunding, as well as information systems for issuing digital financial assets (DFA). They contribute to the emergence of alternative sources of investment, increased accessibility of financial services for citizens and the promotion of innovation.

Kirill Kosminsky, Executive Director of the Association of Investment Platform Operators, noted that the crowdlending niche is growing very actively, and there is steady growth. "The number of platforms themselves, available forms of investment, from loans to tokens, and the number of investors are growing. All this is due to the systematic work to popularize the market through joint efforts - the Central Bank, business and My Business centers," said Kirill Kosminsky.

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Co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Planeta.ru Fedor Murachkovsky told a ComNews journalist that in 2023, the amount of funds raised on the Planeta platform remained at approximately the same level as in 2022, despite an 8% increase in the average check. In 2023, the authors of creative, social, scientific and business initiatives on the platform raised 263 million rubles. "The total number of launched projects remained at the same level, but the share of successful projects among them increased by 4%," he noted.

A representative of the Central Bank's press service told a ComNews journalist that the regulator is recording a regular increase in the number of platform services, which will continue into 2024. "The available information about the plans and development prospects of individual platforms allows us to conclude that there is a desire to increase the volume of activity, develop new products and attract more investors to the platforms. The platform services markets are very young and are developing dynamically, quickly responding to market conditions. In some cases, such as with OFP, the volume of transactions concluded over the past year has a high correlation with the values ​​of the Central Bank's key rate," said a representative of the Central Bank's press service.