UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 25, 2010. According to the Bank of Russia’s latest six-month report, Sverdlovsk Region-based banks issued a total of 44.81 billion RUR worth of consumer loans to private individuals, which was 5.58 billion RUR more than six months earlier. OAO SKB-Bank proved the Urals’ No. 1 bank in terms of growing consumer lending portfolio, the bank’s press service reports.