July 24, 2013. Markswebb Rank & Report, an analytics agency, came up with a rating of m-banking applications that features the best apps out of programs offered by Russia's thirty largest retail universal banks – 29 iPhone apps, 28 Android apps, 6 Windows Phone apps, 10 java applications, and 12 mobile versions of websites. The test results were presented in the format of a rating of banks that created the most successful mobile platforms, SKB-Bank reports. The main criteria behind the rating were the functional potential of the m-banking services and their usability. SKB-Bank's

July 24, 2013. Bank NEIVA proved the first bank to develop and introduce the newest hacker protection system for its e-banking programs. The bank created a unique system for the safe storage of data and using an electronic signature: Visa Crypto + SafeTouch. The system is used in the remote finance administration systems, the bank's press service reports. 'It is impossible to imagine today's businesspeople who wouldn't manage their settlements account online. We all use mobile technologies in one way or another. How can one protect one's finances against the very

July 24, 2013. Markswebb Rank & Report, an analytics agency, came up with a rating of m-banking applications that features the best apps out of programs offered by Russia's thirty largest retail universal banks – 29 iPhone apps, 28 Android apps, 6 Windows Phone apps, 10 java applications, and 12 mobile versions of websites. The test results were presented in the format of a rating of banks that created the most successful mobile platforms, SKB-Bank reports. The main criteria behind the rating were the functional potential of the m-banking services and their usability. SKB-Bank's

July 24, 2013. Prague and Barcelona proved the most popular foreign cities with the Yekaterinburg holidaymakers in the summer of 2013. As far as vacations abroad are concerned, the Urals' residents travel to Spain, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Montenegro most often. On average, Yekaterinburg residents are going abroad for six days this summer, and pay the average of 4,100 RUR per day for their hotel stays, Oktogo.ru's press service reports on the summer 2013 hotel booking statistics. The most favorite holiday destinations for Yekaterinburg tourists this summer are Prague,

July 24, 2013. The price of a square meter of housing on the existing homes market in Yekaterinburg comes to 70,595 RUR on average. According to the findings of a research done by the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's Analytical Department, no visible price dynamics can be traced on the market still. Prices rose by 0.4% over the last four weeks, and by no more than 0.7% since the beginning of the year. At the same time, the current prices are 0.5% lower than the peak price of February 2013 (70,918 RUR per sq m). 'The market supply stopped growing in April and even shrank somewhat during