Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank assessed its success in nine months of 2006. The bank’s balance sheet total amounted to 8.02bn RUR on October 1, 2006 (compared to 5.45bn on January 1, 2006), its owned capital came to 839,67m RUR (compared to 615.46m RUR on January 1). The net wealth rose by 46.9% and reached the point of 7.71bn RUR (compared to 5.25bn on January 1), the income-earning assets amounted to 5.52bn RUR (an increase of 32.1%). The loan portfolio (commercial loans, discounted bills, interbank loans) went up by 20.6% and came to 3.8bn RUR (compared to 3.15bn on January 1, 2006). The securities portfolio reached 1.73bn RUR (an increase of 32.1% compared to the beginning of the year). The customer base (settlement accounts, loro accounts, natural person accounts, legal entity deposits, treasury bills) rose by 48.2% and came to 6.83bn RUR. The natural person accounts rose by 83.2% and reached the point of 2.17 RUR (compared to 1.19bn on January 1), reports the spokesperson for the bank.