On November 15, 2015 the Academic Council of the Department of World Economy and World Finance of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation unanimously elected Alexander Linnikov, Ph.D. to the position of Assistant Professor.

On November 3, 2016 the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation hosted a joint session of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Non-Commercial Partnership National Payments Council dedicated to the matters of implementation of advanced technologies on financial markets and the conference Innovative Services for Banks and Business.