Two and a half months after acquiring Bank Severnaya Kazna’s controlling shareholding, Alfa-Bank offered the first loan to Bank Severnaya Kazna’s business customer.

Alfa-Bank went through with the controlling shareholding’s purchase on November 30, 2008. The spokesperson for the bank reports the loan (needed to build up on the company’s floating assets) was given to one of Yekaterinburg-based trading firms.