Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Tagilbank to non-state for-profit organizations for 181 days to 1 year went down by 26.44% (from 184.217 million RUR to 135.504 million RUR) on January 1, 2009 compared with a year earlier.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by UralTransBank to sole traders for up to 30 days dropped by 42.62% (from 6.527 million RUR to 3.745 million RUR) on January 1, 2009 compared with a year earlier.

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development is now offering a wider range of deposit types to its business customers. ‘Placing one’s available funds on a deposit with a nice-looking interest is even more beneficial now, as we have recently raised the interest rates on our Kopilka deposit type (the annual interest rate can reach up to 13.7% here) and on our Great Income deposit where the maximum of 14.4% a year is paid at the end of the deposit period; alternatively, one can get one’s interest in rubles on a monthly basis, in which case the interest rate will amount to up to 14.7% a year.

Rus-Bank-Ural started dealing in foreign currency (USD) loans on January 26, 2009. ‘The new offer applies to automobile loans as well as consumer ones. The terms of these foreign currency loans (the sum, the interest, the requirements a borrower has to meet, and so on) are the same as those we hold for the classic ruble ones. The dollar is used to determine the amount of money borrowed from the bank, the interest rate, and the commission,’ the spokesperson for the bank explains. ‘We hope the new program is going to be popular with customers willing to buy a new car on credit (as a lot of

Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank switched to a new version of Internet Bank system on January 31, 2009-February 1, 2009. ‘BS-Client v.3, the new version, is based on Message-Pro v.3, the newest cryptographic protection device available. This super protection will enable the bank to greatly enhance the safety and confidentiality of all its transactions,’ the bank’s IT experts report. ‘Safety and security are the key factors affecting a customer’s decision to use e-banking. I’m positive our clients are going to like our switching to Internet Bank’s new version,’ says the bank’s IT Management Director