15 октября 200810:07
Private customers place over 149 billion RUR with Sberbank’s Ural branch
Sberbank of Russia’s Ural branch has been able to attract more than 149 billion RUR worth of private customers’ investments by now, with 20.3 billion RUR placed with the bank in January-September 2008 alone. The ruble deposits made up the lion’s share of all investments and amounted to 17.3 billion RUR, while the foreign currency deposits only rose by 2.9 billion RUR in nine months of 2009, the bank’s press officer reports. ‘This stable growth in the amount of investments means that people see a bank deposit as one of the most attractive ways of investing money. Buying shares or real estate