On 26/01/2018 the Bank of Russia announced that in course of the extension of business of SPETSSTROYBANK LLC, the bank was granted the Universal License to carry out banking operations in Rubles and foreign currency (with the right to attract deposits from the public) and handle precious metals.
Alexander Linnikov was commended by the Rector of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation for his substantial contribution to the organization of the conference Digital Economy: illusion or a real breakthrough, which was held in November, 2017 as a part of the IV Financial University International Forum, dedicated to the discussion of actual challenges in the field of economy, finance, politics and technology.