The volume of loans given by SKB-Bank to legal entities and small- and medium-scale businesses amounted to 10 billion RUR on August 1, 2007, which is 39%, or 3.9 billion RUR better than at the beginning of the year.

As regards the first half of 2007, the bank did quite well in all the other respects as well. Its loan portfolio grew by over 5.6 billion RUR and reached 15.886 billion RUR on July 1, 2007. Besides, the portfolio is reported to be well-balanced and have very low risks, the bank’s press officer reports.