Ebanking as the channel of distance banking service: international and Russian experience

This article explores the evolution of remote banking and presents different kinds of remote banking channels. It considers online banking as a channel of remote banking and introduces the authors’ definition of it. Then, the article reports the results of foreign studies on how online banking influences bank activities, which allows the authors to give a long-term outlook on the development of online banking and the prospects of remote banking channels in the Russian banking sector.