Center-invest Bank announces the completion of the testing phase and the commencement of real transactions with digital rubles. The bank’s first clients have quickly adopted digital ruble payments.

Center-invest Bank completed the entire process, from updating information systems, integration and testing to connecting to industrial network of the digital ruble platform and opening access to the service for its corporate clients, within a remarkably short time.

"We were pleased to participate in the pilot of this new payment instrument and see the digital ruble’s potential for more transparent and faster settlements. Switching to digital rubles for payments is quick and easy. Such payments will soon become a new standard for the business," commented Olga Todorova, Director of AF Center-Audit LLC.

"The digital ruble is not just another product, but a key innovation in the banking sector for the coming years. Introduction of the digital ruble is a massive infrastructure project that will transform the entire banking sector and impact the behavior of all participants. We are at the forefront of these changes to be the among the first, together with our clients and partners, to shape the future of financial technology and the Russian economy," emphasized Maxim Totsky, Deputy Head of the Information Technology Department.

Center-invest Bank has joined the Bank of Russia’s pilot project for introduction of the digital ruble in 2023. In 2025, the bank joined the working group on the Rostov Region’s participation in the "Digital Ruble" project. The bank’s experts are working on introducing the digital ruble in the region’s public sector. The use of digital rubles can take regional settlements to a new level in terms of automation, accounting, control, transparency, and speed of performing transactions.