Russia: NAUFOR becomes the first SRO for information system operators

On 8 October 2026, the Bank of Russia announced that NAUFOR had become the first self-regulatory organisation for information system operators issuing digital financial assets. It updated the unified financial-market SRO register.

The regulator stated that registered operators must join an SRO within 180 days. Operators admitted after 1 September 2026 have 90 days from their entry in the register.

The announcement concerns a specific category of market participants: information system operators.

Source: Bank of Russia, 8 October 2026.

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