According to Interfax-CEA’s ranking for January-September 2008, fourteen Ural Federal District-based banks happened to make it to the country’s Top 100. The ranking was based on the banks’ deposit volume, and, remarkably, all the Ural banks that made it to the ranking were able to improve on this indicator over the given period. SKB-Bank actually experienced the greatest increase in the private individuals’ deposit volume among these fourteen banks, with the rise coming to 56.9%, Interfax-CEA reports.