Expert-Ural, an analytical center, came up with its rating of banks located in the Urals and Western Siberia based on these banks’ performance in the first quarter of 2010. Eighty-three banks were featured in the Top list altogether.

The banks were evaluated on the basis of the following parameters: asset volume, private individuals’ lending portfolio volume, private individuals’ deposits volume, and the amount of money placed with the bank by legal entities. OOO Koltso Urala Commercial Bank was featured in the Top15 Banks lists on along all these characteristics.

For instance, Koltso Urala proved the area’s 14th largest bank in terms of asset volume: the figures reached 12.8 billion RUR on April 1, 2010, which was 18% better than three months earlier, Expert-Ural says. It was also rated the 12th largest in terms of lending portfolio volume: the figures came to 6.7 billion RUR on April 1, 2010 and tends to increase steadily. Then, the private individuals’ deposits volume amounted to 5.7 billion RUR on April 1, 2010 and comes to over 6.3 billion RUR at the moment, which means the deposits grew by 10% in just three months.

As for the legal entities’ money, they placed 4.6 billion RUR with the bank by the end of the first quarter, so the bank was given the 11th position in Expert-Ural’s rating.