PLUSworld

PLUSworld payments portal is a Russian-language analytical and news site on financial services, payments, fintech and digital banking in Russia and the CIS, registered as a media outlet in 2017 and based in Moscow.

Sections The menu runs through news, retail, expert commentary, banks and microfinance organisations, artificial intelligence and big data, fintech, the PLUS Journal magazine, surveys, events and CIS coverage. The same team operates PLUS Forum, PLUS Event and PLUS Consulting.

Recent topics Headlines around 16 October 2026 included Russia putting stablecoins into its digital settlements, Sber opening its ML platform to external clients, AI lifting market data spending by roughly 50 percent in 2027, the Bank of England delaying a retail digital pound, Visa preparing a card clearing centre in China, US regulators fining American Express, a 150 percent rise in fraud reported by Spanish banks and a French AI platform for banking systems.

Why payments people read it It shows how Russian-language media frame sanctions-era settlement, domestic ML and cross-border questions next to global network news. Merchants and PSPs working with Russia or CIS clients can follow regulation and bank initiatives here. Content is in Russian.