“Sber” disappeared from the names of the SberEapteka and SberZvuk

services Particles indicating a connection with a financial organization began to disappear from the names of the Sberbank ecosystem services. Sberbank came under US blocking sanctions and the UKhe refused to comment on the change in the names of the services

The first part of the word “Sber” has disappeared from the name of the SberZvuk service on the SberPrime subscription page, now the service is simply called “Sound”. VC.ru was the first to pay attention to this.

In addition, the “Sber” part has disappeared from the name of the Sber Eapteka online drug ordering service: now the service is simply called Eapteka, and on the Sber page, where the service was previously described, an error message appears (with the mention of the bank the page is still cached by GOOGLE).

Sberbank declined to comment.

Sberbank and the R-Pharm group of companies announced an agreement to purchase a stake in Eapteka and further investment in its development in October 2020, the parties closed the deal in February 2021. The amount of Sberbank's investments under the deal amounted to 5.7 billion rubles.

Sberbank and R-Pharm each received a 45% stake in the company, while Anton Buzdalin, the founder and CEO of Eapteka, retained 10%.

“Since November 2020, Eapteka has been operating as part of the Sber ecosystem and has been developing under the Sber Eapteka brand,” the company said in a statement. The service also intended to be "deeply integrated" into the Sber ecosystem.

RBC turned to R-Pharm and Anton Buzdalin for comment.

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The SberZvuk music service appeared in the Sberbank ecosystem in September 2020. it was created on the basis of Zvooq, which a financial institution decided to acquire. Sberbank received 100% stake in Zvooq.

Sberbank expected that its own music service, which gives access to the compositions of the world's leading copyright holders, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, as well as local and independent recording studios, would allow companies in the ecosystem to "create new unique products."

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The US imposed sanctions against Sberbank and its subsidiaries, although at first in a less severe version than against VTB, Otkritie, Novikombank and Sovcombank. US banks are required to reject payments in which Sberbank participates. On March 1, the UK extended similar restrictions on Sberbank. Canadian authorities also imposed sanctions against Sberbank.

The introduction of blocking sanctions against Sberbank was announced by the White House on April 6. The assets of a financial organization will be frozen, citizens and companies from the United States will be prohibited from doing business with them. REUTERS, citing a senior US official, clarified that transactions related to the payment of energy carriers do not fall under Washington's restrictions. At the same time, the United Kingdom also tightened sanctions against Sberbank.