‘Sverdlovsk Region banking sector comprises over 117 crediting businesses at the moment, that is, 27 local commercial banks with about 21 subsidiaries, 25 subsidiaries of regional banks, and 42 Russian Sberbank subsidiaries,’ Deputy Minister of Economics Nikolai Bespamyatnikh announced at the conference.

‘At the moment, the balance of currency comes to 260 billion RUR, the factual assessed capital comes to about 5 billion RUR. There has been given 107 million RUR worth of loans, and something between 60 and 70 billion RUR worth of loans was given to sole traders. Natural persons received about 34 billion RUR worth of loans. As for the trends and tempos, the sector has been on the rise and exceeding the previous figures by 15% and up’ Mr Bespamytnikh noted.