Editing Yekaterinburg (section)

=== Finance and business ===
[[File:E-burg asv2019-05 img11 City Pond skyline.jpg|thumb|[[Yekaterinburg-City]] along the [[Iset River]]]]Yekaterinburg is one of the largest financial and business centres in Russia, with offices of multinational corporations, representative offices of foreign companies, and a large number of federal and regional financial and credit organisations. The financial market of Yekaterinburg is characterised by stability and independence, based both on the broad presence of large foreign and Moscow credit organisations and on the availability of large and stable local financial holdings.<ref name=":7">''Kachanova E.A.'' [http://www.ranepa.ru/obyavlenia/Fevral2014/kachanova-dis.pdf Strategic Priorities for the formation of finance for municipalities in the context of reforming the budgetary system] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215153750/http://www.ranepa.ru/obyavlenia/Fevral2014/kachanova-dis.pdf |date=15 December 2017 }}, – Moscow: ''Russian Academy of National Economy and State Service under the President of the Russian Federation, 2013. – 354 p.''</ref>

The financial sector of Yekaterinburg has more than 100 banks, including 11 foreign banks. The list of the largest Russian banks for assets for 2016 included 10 banks registered in Yekaterinburg, including but not all: Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development, SKB-Bank, Uraltransbank, and UM Bank.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vyacheslav|first=Kostyuk|date=12 December 2014|title=His alien|work=The Ural Worker|url=http://xn-----6kcabbhjttpdjeip1d1agppy8h0e.xn--p1ai/economy/13418/|url-status=dead|access-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410013614/http://xn-----6kcabbhjttpdjeip1d1agppy8h0e.xn--p1ai/economy/13418/|archive-date=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 July 2016|title=Крупнейшие банки России по капиталу|page=60|work=Журнал "Коммерсантъ Деньги"|url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/3046451|access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref>

IT "SKB Kontur" from Yekaterinburg – the largest software manufacturer in Russia – first place according to the RAEX rating<ref>{{cite web|title=Крупнейшие производители ПО|url=https://raex-rr.com/business/it/rating_of_companies_by_soft_development_revenue}}</ref>

Also in Yekaterinburg is the Ural headquarters of the Central Bank of Russia. Since 7 August 2017, by order of the Bank of Russia, the branches of the Siberian, Far Eastern and part of the Prevolzhsky Federal Districts have been transferred to the control of the Ural Megaregal Directorate. Thus, this is one of the three main departments of the Mega-regulator in the territory of Russia.<ref>{{cite web|title=О распределении обязанностей по контролю и надзору за соблюдением законодательства Российской Федерации организациями, осуществляющими профессиональную деятельность на рынке ценных бумаг, деятельность центрального депозитария, деятельность по проведению организованных торгов, клиринговую деятельность и деятельность центрального контрагента, репозитарную деятельность, а также деятельность саморегулируемых организаций в сфере финансового рынка, объединяющих профессиональных участников рынка ценных бумаг, и об отмене отдельных распорядительных актов Банка России, Приказ Банка России от 07 августа 2017 года №ОД-2228|url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/456084717#|website=docs.cntd.ru}}</ref>

A major role in the formation of Yekaterinburg as a business centre has its infrastructural potential, which is growing at a high rate: transport accessibility for Russian and foreign economic entities, the availability of hotels, advanced communication services, business related services (consulting, exhibition activities, etc.).<ref name=":7" /> Yekaterinburg has its own central business district, Yekaterinburg City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Падающие пиксели и огромный шар: как может выглядеть "Екатеринбург-Сити"|url=http://realty.rbc.ru/news/57d7f3a99a7947155badcd34|access-date=20 May 2018|website=РБК Недвижимость|date=13 September 2016}}</ref>