Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zubov Sergey Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Title: Banking Sector’s Financial Performance in January-July 2021: Profit Growth Title: Финансовые результаты банковского сектора в январе-июле 2021 г.: увеличение прибыли Abstract: In January-July 2021, the banking sector’s profit hit the record-high of Rb1.4 trillion on the back of a pickup in lending volumes and simultaneous reduction in loan-loss provisions. Growth in revenues from commission operations owing to increased income from settlement and cash services and intermediary services on the financial market had a positive impact on the consolidated financial result. Keywords: Russian banking sector, banks’ financial results, banks’ profit, banks’ profitability Classification-JEL: D81, E58, G21 Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2021 Issue: 9 Month: September Pages: 49-52 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r21100.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r21100