Sberbank

SberIndex studied the Internet operations of Sberbank clients in the category of educational services:

<ul>
	<li>The number of Sberbank clients paying for educational services has doubled since the beginning of self-isolation in April this year.</li>
	<li>The average cost of online courses fell from 2984 rubles (equivalent to $38) in April&nbsp;to 2011 rubles (equivalent to $27) in September, and from $64 to $29 for&nbsp;foreign programs.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>In April, the share of clients who paid for the services of educational sites for schoolchildren increased from 22% to 27%.</li>
</ul>

The number of Sberbank clients paying for educational services has doubled since the beginning of self-isolation in April this year.

Expenses on remote education in Russia

EdTech

remote_learning

Report

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which includes Yandex and Sber, has released the first version of the Matter standard for smart home devices. It uses Wi-Fi and Thread and allows devices of different manufacturers to work together.

 
 Matter supports light bulbs, switches, outlets, window blinds and curtains, door locks, sensors, and TVs. The next versions will support other devices as well.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mezhdunarodnyi-alians-razrabotchikov-vypustil-edinyi-standart-dlia-ustroistv-umnogo-doma/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

VC.ru

International Alliance of Developers Releases Universal Standard for Smart Home Devices

Mobile operators and EdTech representatives observe the growth of online education market from January to August 2022. According to MTS, the number of mobile users of sites and applications for online education increased by quarter during this period, the number of purchases in this category increased fivefold, and the average purchase amount doubled.

 
 MegaFon says, from January to mid-August, mobile Internet traffic in online services for training IT specialists grew by 87% compared to the same period in 2021.

 
 According to Tele2, the mobile audience on the platforms during this period was distributed as follows - Geekbrains ― 27%, Skillbox ― 26%, Netology ― 20%, Stepik ― 13%, Yandex.Practicum ― 12%.

 
 Skillbox reported a 10% increase in the average purchase amount in 2022 compared to 2021. Traffic fluctuations of 10% yoy were observed on desktops in January-August, mobile traffic remained unchanged.

 
 Yandex.Practicum reported an increase in the number of purchases of its courses by 50% since the beginning of the year compared to last year. The average purchase size on the platform from February to August grew by 30% yoy.

 
 The Skolkovo Foundation EdTech cluster representatives say that in January-August the online education market grew by 3-15%, but the growth rate slowed down - earlier it was about 25-40%.

 
 In the first quarter of the year, the revenue of the top 100 EdTech companies in Russia amounted to 21.7 billion rubles (354.8 million dollars), according to EDtechs.ru. At the end of last year, the overall revenue of the top 100 EdTech companies amounted to 73 billion rubles (1.2 billion dollars), according to Smart Ranking.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/kompanii-fiksiruiut-rost-rynka-onlain-obrazovaniia-v-mobilnom-segmente/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Vedomosti

Companies Observe Growth of Online Education Market in Mobile Segment

SberEntertainment, a subsidiary of Sberbank, plans to launch two new social networks: <a href="https://www.getchips.app/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chipz</a>, which is an analogue of TikTok for vertical videos, and <a href="https://punch.ru/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Punch</a> as a service for creating and promoting music.

 
 Chipz will combine “a catalog of content, video editor and social network”. The service will have different templates (chips), which can be used together with the built-in library of music, movies and shows. It will also be possible to advertise and sell goods via the app. The developers plan to add the option of creating own user chips and mini-games. The company plans to release Chipz in September.

 
 The second social network, Punch, will become a “mobile studio” for creating and promoting music. It will include a neural network that generates lyrics on the basis of a few words. The soft launch of the app took place on March 14.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/sber-gotovit-k-zapusku-dve-novye-sotsseti-chipz-i-panch/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Sber Prepares to Launch Two New Social Networks ― Chipz and Punch

Sber announced the completion of the first transaction for issue of digital financial assets for SberFactoring on its own blockchain platform. The issuer’s obligations are secured by receivables transferred to factoring services. The digital financial assets are issued using the smart contract - an algorithm that controls compliance with the conditions laid down in the decision on issuance of DFAs including the amount, term and yield of the issue. The platform is currently operating in pilot mode.

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 At the end of June, the first DFA transaction in Russia <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/laitkhaus-i-vtb-faktoring-proveli-pervuiu-sdelku-s-tsfa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was carried out</a> by the Lighthouse fintech company and VTB Factoring. As part of the transaction, the issuer’s commercial debt was tokenized, and after that VTB Factoring fully bought out the issued DFAs.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/sber-provel-pervuiu-sdelku-c-tsfa-na-svoei-blokchein-platforme/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Sber Completes First DFA Transaction on Blockchain Platform

VK and Sber may divide the assets of their joint venture O2O Holding for onward sale. VK may get Delivery Club, and Sber may get Samokat and Citydrive.

 
 According to the source of Forbes, the assets of the joint venture do not fit into the development strategy of VK, which focuses on social networks, video and instant messengers. According to another source, when the assets are divided, Sberbank will get Samokat, which is “deeply integrated with SberMarket”.

 
 According to one of the interviewed experts, it is possible that Sber will try selling Samokat and Citydrive to Yandex, because “this will be a logical place for these businesses”.

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 Earlier it was <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/smi-vk-i-sber-nachali-poisk-pokupatelia-na-servis-delivery-club/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> that VK and Sber were considering the sale of Delivery Club. Yandex may buy the service, but the companies leave open the option of exchanging Delivery Club for Yandex.News and Yandex.Zen.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/vk-i-sber-obsuzhdaiut-razdelenie-sovmestnykh-aktivov-o2o-kholdinga-dlia-dalneishei-prodazhi/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Forbes

VK and Sber Discuss Division of Joint Assets in O2O Holding for Further Sale

expenses-on-remote-education-in-russia

Since 2018, all schools in Moscow have been provided with infrastructure, including interactive panels, Wi-Fi, servers and laptops for teachers.

Digital culture in education: the role of IT in the educational process

TInkoff

Alfa_bank

Skolkovo

Raiffeisenbank

The Skolkovo Foundation and VR_Bank have evaluated the digitalization level of the top 50 Russian banks in the first half of 2020. Tinkoff Bank became the leader and moved up one place compared to 2019. It is followed by VTB, the leader of the previous rating which moved to the second place and&nbsp;Sberbank.&nbsp;Raiffeisenbank dropped 3 positions down, Alfa-Bank dropped 1 position down and is the last one in the top 5 banks most prepared for digitalization.

Tinkoff Bank became the leader, followed by VTB and Sberbank.

banks

fintech

 The digitalization level of the top 50 Russian banks, H1 2020

Rating

In March 2020 Sberbank has released a report called Robots vs. Viruses, where Sberbank Robotics Laboratory aggregated and summed up the international efforts of robotics engineers from China, the U.S., Italy, and other nations on how to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The study describes the technology that is already being used or could potentially be applied to combat the virus and prevent it from spreading.

According to the report, COVID-19 has already led to an increase in practical interest in robots, unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence in controlling them. These solutions can help cope with the massive shortage of personnel in health care, production and supply chains, facilitate social distancing, diagnostics and treatment, streamline labor and improve the safety of doctors and personnel involved in the disinfection of disease hotspots.

Examples of such solutions are disinfection robots using ultraviolet radiation or those that spray disinfectants; autonomous robots for the delivery of food, medicine and necessities to isolated patients; manipulators for ultrasound, smear and acoustic examination with a stethoscope; 3D printing devices allowing you to print things like medical respirators right in the hospital and not wait for their delivery, and so on.

Английский

COVID-19 has already led to an increase in practical interest in robots, unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence in controlling them.

Sberbank Robotics Lab

medicine

covidtech

Robots vs. Viruses

Sberbank’s Robotics Laboratory has prepared &nbsp;an annual analytical review of the world robotics market in July 2019.

Key findings:

<ul>
	<li>Global investment in robotics has reached a record level.</li>
	<li>Competition in the robotics industry is growing and becoming more intense.</li>
	<li>The Russian robotics solution market is underdeveloped and lags behind the global indicators.</li>
	<li>AI technology is being used in robotics more widely.</li>
	<li>Ethical and legal issues are becoming more relevant in robotics and AI.</li>
</ul>

Competition in the robotics industry is growing and becoming more intense.

Expenses on remote education in Russia

Digital culture in education: the role of IT in the educational process

The digitalization level of the top 50 Russian banks, H1 2020

Robots vs. Viruses

Annual review of world robotics market