VTB shareholders have approved the merger of its Crimean subsidiary bank RNKB. It is planned to complete the legal merger of RNKB to VTB during the long summer weekend from June 12 to 15, 2025. Specified term may be changed in the course of the reorganization procedure.

VTB's IFRS net profit for the first two months of 2025 amounted to ₽77.5 billion, up 26.4% from ₽61.3 billion in the previous year. Net interest income fell 72.4% to ₽29.6 billion from ₽107.1 billion a year earlier. Commission income rose 51.5% to ₽50.6 billion.

VTB Bank's IFRS net profit for 2024 was ₽551.4 billion, an increase of 27.6% compared to ₽432.2 billion in the previous year. Net interest income decreased by 36% to ₽487.2 billion from ₽761.4 billion a year earlier.

VTB plans to open a full-fledged bank in Iran by the end of the year. Now in the country operates a representative office of the bank, which was opened in May 2023. At that time, VTB announced its plans to become a member of Iran's free trade zone, as well as to work in the country's free economic zones.