Volume of private individuals’ demand deposits in VUZ Bank goes down 22.04% in September 2008

Koltso Urala Commercial Bank’s Retail Department’s analysts report private individuals have been opening more deposits since the summer started, so the bank’s private individuals’ deposits volume is increasing by at least 15 million RUR daily these days. Remarkably, the growth figures only reached 1 to 2 million RUR as recently as January. The bank’s Retail Director Denis Belogurov says the deposit volume growth has been witnessed by the entire banking system. Various banks’ representatives explain that people no longer need a special reason for opening a bank deposit; they normally go on

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of private individuals’ deposits and other investments in VUZ Bank valid for 91 to 180 days went down by 25.05% (from 139.374 million RUR to 104.457 million RUR) in January-June 2008.

The net assets of URSA Bank reached 155.3 billion RUR in the first half of 2009. The bank’s own funds were estimated at 24.1 billion RUR, with the capital adequacy reaching 17.3%. This figure is actually 1.7 times greater than the limits set by the Central Bank of Russia’s requirements. URSA Bank’s lending portfolio amounted to 114.6 billion RUR on July 1, 2009. The structure of the portfolio is well-balanced, as the volumes of loans to private customers and to business customers come to 54.3 billion RUR and 60.3 billion RUR, respectively. According to the data provided by the bank, the

Key findings of The Economist Intelligence Unit research commissioned by UC RUSAL and supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the representative office of UNDP in the Russian Federation Moscow, 26 November 2008 – The first global study into Russian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has shown that as Russian business goes global, sustainability has been established as a key priority of their strategic development. The international research project, From Russia with Love: A national chapter on the global CSR agenda, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), has indicated that 90%

URSA Bank assessed its performance in April 2007. Its balance sheet total reached 151.9 billion RUR on May 1, 2007, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier by 3.7 times. The bank’s net wealth went up 3 times and reached 103.9 billion RUR. The bank’s resource base made up of investments by international financial bodies grew 5.1 times, coming to 41.9 billion RUR; this money is traditionally used to develop the company’s own lending schemes as well as programs supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The overall volume of URSA Bank’s lending operations tripled,