The innovative development of the banking sector of the regional economy

Isayeva P.G.

Russia, Dagestan State University

Public policy of the development of the regional banking sector still has certain shortcomings which are negatively impact on the innovative development of specific sectors of the regional economy, in particular:

- the interests of the banks do not always coincide with the economic interests of corporate entities;

- the majority of enterprises in the basic sectors of the economy are experiencing crisis and are unprofitable.

In whole the situation in the region is such that the activation of crediting of the real sector of the economy comes in conflict with the task of maintaining the financial stability of the regional banks.

The reason lies in the state's economic policy. The state did not create the conditions under which commercial interests of banks would coincide with the interests of various sectors of the regional economy.

Elimination of contradictions in the interests of the banking system and the real sector of the regional economy requires significant adjustment in the state's economic policy. Such adjustments are possible only after a fundamental analysis of the trends of the development of regional banking systems and determination of the causes of existing shortcomings.

It should be mentioned that the regulation of banking activity through taxation is not fully implemented on the regional level, but only in that part of the income tax which comes to the budget of the territory. Such distribution of authority does not allow timely and accurately regulate the activity of the regional banking sector, as the problems of the development of the banking sector on the regional level in general and particularly on the level of specific territories cannot be interpreted at a macro level (Fig. 1).

Federal level of

banking system regulation

 

 

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The establishment and state registration of commercial banks

 

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The state's participation in the authorized capital stock of the bank

 

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Determination of the minimum amount of capital

 

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Licensing of banking activity

 

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Rules of banking operations

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Regulation of accounting and accountability

 

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Reserve Requirements

 

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Refinancing of regional banks

 

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Exchange control

 

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Creation of surplus funds

 

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Implementation of obligatory economic standards of banking activity

 

Regional level

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Taxation and tax regulation of banking activity

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The state's participation in the authorized capital stock of the bank

 

Fig. 1. State regulation of banking activity[1]

Figure 1 reflects the existing layout of the mechanism of the state control of the banking activity in Russia.

The analysis of the layout of the state control of the banking activity has allowed us to conclude that the state control of the regional banking system currently is carried out mainly on the federal level; regional authorities can influence the activity of the banking sector only through taxation and through participation in the authorized capital of the regional banks.

Basing on the study of legal forms of banking organization it is necessary to make the following conclusions that the existing distribution of authority slightly hampers the process of efficient and quality control of the regional banks activity, especially in such important directions as:

– establishment of resource base of the regional banks;

– prevention of capital flight to other regions;

– development of credit and investing activity;

– strengthening the level of capitalization in the banking sector of economics, and others.

This process can be completed by implementation of such a control mechanism that can ascertain the number of bad banks and identify investments of the Bank of Russia and the Government in the fund of bad banks and others.  

The level of interest rates of the Central Bank makes definite impact on the functioning of the regional banks and on the sphere of application of bank’s fund. When the discount rate is higher than the level of profitability of basic sectors it becomes a factor of decrediting economy and enterprises lose access to cheap credit as the real interest rate for bank credit subject to inflation becomes 2 or 2.5 times higher. Under such circumstances only the highly profitable companies which produce excisable goods can take advantage of medium-term and long-term bank credit.

These factors testify that the Government's and the Bank of Russia policy has principally the same goal, i.e. to restrict the money supply, and almost does not regulate the actual banking. Reserve requirements and other standards cannot ensure the integration of the banking sector in the economy of the regions as a system-forming segment.   

Thereby, it should be noted that a significant improvement in the socio-economic status in the regions could become only on the basis of positive changes in the banking sector, i.e. subordination of the banking sector to the needs of the real economy. It requires the state not to dissociate from participating in the management of banking activities in the hope that new market mechanisms will align the position and remedy existing deficiencies. According to the experience of the past and present years, that have not yet become, on the contrary, the financial and the banking crises which broke out one after another clearly showed the shortcomings of the banking sector.

REFERENCES:

1. Borodin A.F. The role of the banking sector in providing the sustainable growth of the economy. Money and credit. ¹6. 2003.

2. Vissarionov A. The features of state regulation of the market economy (problems of theory and practice of management). M.: 2009. - P.349.

3. Il'yasov S.M. Improvement of the management of credit and financial flows in the region. - Makhachkala: DGU, 2009. Pages. 132-145.



[1] The scheme was designed by the author