Business materials for 18 January 2024

VK Cloud is opening access to Cloud Spark, a service for working with big data based on Apache Spark and Kubernetes technologies. With Cloud Spark, businesses can structure data from disparate sources to create analytical and predictive systems, as well as machine learning models. The service can reduce the cost of computing resources by up to 60% when working with big data by automatically scaling Kubernetes depending on the current load.

VTB Bank was one of the first to launch a pilot project using new acquiring equipment in retail chains - PAX D320 POS terminals, which allow accepting payments through the Faster Payments System using NFC. The bank plans to install terminals of this model for existing and new clients.