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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><issn publication-format="print">2072-6414</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1406</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17059/ekon.reg.2024-1-20</article-id><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Concentration in Regional Consumer Loan Markets in the Context of Growing Digitalisation of Banking Services in Russia</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Концентрация на региональных рынках кредитования населения России в условиях роста цифровизации банковских услуг</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4091-4881</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mishura </surname><given-names>Anna V. </given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мишура</surname><given-names>Анна Владимировна </given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>anna.mishura@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of RAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт экономики и организации промышленного производства СО РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">HSE University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">НИУ ВШЭ</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-03-28" publication-format="electronic"/><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>293</fpage><lpage>304</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-10-01"/><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-12-21"/></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2024 Anna V. Mishura</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright © 2024 Анна Владимировна Мишура</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Anna V. Mishura</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Анна Владимировна Мишура</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read/><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>CC BY 4.0</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="html" mimetype="text/html" xlink:title="article webpage" xlink:href="https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/291">https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/291</self-uri><self-uri content-type="pdf" mimetype="application/pdf" xlink:title="article pdf" xlink:href="https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/291/296">https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/291/296</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Due to the dominance of the largest banks, the issue of increasing concentration and monopolisation of the Russian banking sector is discussed in regards to the competition in the industry. The Bank of Russia set the task to increase competition and reduce concentration in the financial sector, including at the regional level. This task can potentially be solved using new financial technologies, digital banking services and remote access technologies. The paper aims to assess the dynamics of concentration in local consumer loan markets in 2015–2021, as well as to answer how new financial technologies and digitalisation can increase competition in the banking sector at the regional level. The study calculated concentration indices and number of banks in consumer loan markets of Russian regions and the country as a whole. To this end, data from the website of the Bank of Russia, both for the retail loan market and the housing loan market, were analysed. The findings show that concentration indices did not decrease during this period. Simultaneously, the regional average number of banks issuing consumer loans decreased less than the total number of banks due to the entry of some banks into new regional markets. This means that the expansion of remaining banks to more regions, including through digitalisation and remote methods, has the potential to increase competition in the industry. However, at this point, only few consumer loans and deposits were provided by banks that do not have branches in a given region. Therefore, there is little evidence to suggest that new financial technologies are already increasing competition in the banking sector of Russian regions.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В последние годы рост концентрации и монополизации в банковском секторе России, связанный с доминированием крупнейших банков, был в основе дискуссии об уровне конкуренции в отрасли. Усиление конкуренции и снижение концентрации в финансовом секторе, в том числе на региональном уровне, являлось декларируемой задачей Банка России, решение которой связывается с распространением новых финансовых технологий, цифровизацией банковских услуг и технологиями дистанционного доступа. Целью исследования является оценка динамики концентрации на региональных рынках кредитования населения в период с 2015 г. по 2021 г. и ответ на вопрос, как новые финансовые технологии и цифровизация усиливают конкуренцию в банковском секторе на уровне регионов. Рассчитаны индексы концентрации и количество присутствующих банков на рынках кредитования населения в регионах РФ, а также на этом рынке в стране в целом. Расчеты проведены на основе данных с сайта Банка России, как для рынка кредитования физических лиц, так и отдельно для рынка жилищного кредитования. Они показали, что в эти годы не наблюдалось снижения показателей концентрации. В то же время снижение среднего по регионам числа банков, выдающих кредиты населению, менее значительно, чем снижение общего числа банков, вследствие прихода части банков на рынки тех регионов, где они не работали ранее. Это значит, что расширение оставшимися банками своей деятельности на большее число регионов, в том числе с помощью цифровизации и развития дистанционных методов, потенциально способно усилить конкуренцию в отрасли. Однако пока только небольшой объем кредитов и вкладов населения в регионах обеспечивается банками, не имеющими подразделений в данном регионе. Поэтому пока мало оснований говорить о том, что новые финансовые технологии усиливают конкуренцию в банковском секторе регионов страны.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>banking sector, digitalisation, competition, new financial technologies, housing loans, retail loans, Russian regions</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>банковский сектор, конкуренция, цифровизация, новые финансовые технологии, жилищное кредитование, кредитование физических лиц, российские регионы</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body/><back><ack xml:lang="en"><p>The article has been prepared in accordance with the Research Plan of the IEIE SB RAS “Integration and Interaction of Mesoeconomic Systems and Markets in Russia and its Eastern Parts: Methodology, Analysis, Forecasting”, No. 121040100284-9 and in the framework of the Basic Research Program of the HSE University.</p></ack><ack xml:lang="ru"><p>Исследование подготовлено по проекту Плана НИР ИЭОПП СО РАН «Интеграция и взаимодействие мезоэкономических систем и рынков в России и её восточных регионах: методология, анализ, прогнозирование», № 121040100284-9 и в рамках Программы фундаментальных исследований НИУ ВШЭ.</p></ack><ref-list><ref id="en-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Akins, B., Li, L., Ng, J., &amp; Rusticus, T. 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