Sberbank’s new mortgage lending center is now located at 14 Shvarts St. in Yekaterinburg. The opening ceremony was attended by Sberbank of Russia Deputy Chair Lyubov Shilchikova, Deputy Head of Yekaterinburg’s Chkalovskiy District, Director of Sberbank’s Chkalovskiy branch Alexander Khachin, and the first customers.

All those who came were in for a pleasant surprise: any customer who used the services offered by the new office on July 23-27, 2007 could take part in the lottery, with commission-free servicing of loan as a prize.

‘This office meets all the modern standards and offers all the kinds of banking services rather than just loans. A customer can get professional advice from the bank’s experts, insurers, and realtors. And this is not the only new office we’ve introduced recently. Sberbank’s Ural branch has been quite focused on expanding its subsidiary network; we used to have 82 offices in Yekaterinburg at the beginning of the year, and we’ve already set up six more places since then, with another six places to be set up before the end of the year,’ the bank’s press release says.