'SKB-Bank came up with growth figures as of June 1, 2007, and these figures appear to be very impressive. The bank’s net assets, for instance, rose to 21.1 billion RUR, which is 2.6 billion RUR better than on January 1, 2007 and 8.5 billion RUR better than on June 1, 2006,’ SKB-Bank’s press release says.

The bank’s loan portfolio has gone up by 3.6 billion RUR since the beginning of the year and now comes to more than 13.8 billion RUR. The portfolio looks well-balanced and appears to have a low risk ratio. The volume of natural persons’ investments reached 6.2 billion RUR on June 1, 2007 as the bank’s deposit schemes have been enjoying increasing popularity.