URSA Bank’s customers located in Ural and Siberian Federal Districts can now use the advantage of the bank’s new mortgage offer: they can now use the so-called maternity capital (the sum of money a family upon having their second and consecutive child or children) to pay off their mortgages. This June, they have started using the money transferred by the Retirement Fund’s local divisions to pay off mortgages early, the bank’s press officer reports. ‘Our customers can choose the option that suits them best: they can either use the sum to pay off a portion of their debt in one installment or

The license of Uveren.ru Insurance Company (the asset of Bank24.ru) has recently been halted, PRIME TASS Insurance refers to the Federal Insurance Surveillance Service as reporting. The decision was taken by the Service after the company had failed to fulfill its orders. The decree to this extent was signed and came into force. In fact, the provision on license sanctions states that companies with temporarily invalid licenses have thirty days to eliminate the existing legal violations. The insurer’s official website says the company was founded by Bank24.ru, with its 4.99% shareholding,

Bashkirskaya Med (part of UMMC’s primary resource base) underwent the certification audit procedure: the company’s environmental management system was tested for compliance with ISO 14001:2004 international standards, while its labor and occupational safety management system was tested for compliance with OHSAS 18001:2007 requirements. The certification procedure was carried out by the experts from Saint Petersburg-based Russkiy Registr-Baltiyskaya Inspektsiya Certification Association. Bashkirskaya Med is expected to receive the certificates of compliance in August 2009; the papers will be

AKB Probusinessbank (Life Group) shareholders decided in the course of their extraordinary general meeting to pass the share dividend for 2008. The share profit (471,890,529.3 RUR) is expected to be used to cover up the bank’s losses. The stockholders also decided to get rid of the bank’s economic development and promotion funds. In addition, the bank’s new Board of Directors (consisting of nine members) was elected at the meeting.