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Center-invest Bank has introduced a new business banking tariff to help its customers to reduce their costs during the period of lockdown and social distancing. The new "Concession" tariff applies from 27 April to 31 August 2020 and is available in every branch.

Russia’s first Financial Literacy Centre has marked its sixth anniversary. Since its establishment in 2014, the Centre has helped over 300,000 people improve their financial knowledge. Users include schoolchildren, students, teachers, entrepreneurs and pensioners.

During a video conference organised by the Rostov region’s branch of OPORA Russia, Center-invest Bank spoke about measures to support SMEs and sole traders during the COVID 19 pandemic. The bank also proposed the creation of a loan programme to support economic transformation. OPORA Russia is a non-governmental organisation representing Russia’s SME sector.

Together with Center-invest Bank, the Expert Yug analytical centre is running a research project "Characteristics of the Young Entrepreneur". The project aims to build up a portrait of the younger generation of entrepreneurs, and its findings will be compared with the results of similar studies in 2017 and 2019. As part of the project, southern Russia’s successful young entrepreneurs will be showcased in the media.

Expert RA has published its annual ranking of Russia’s banks that work with SMEs. Center-invest Bank is in 4^th place. Year after year we are one of the leading banks for SMEs in Russia.

Center-invest Bank has presented its results for 2019, calculated in accordance with IFRS. The bank demonstrated high-quality growth for its key performance indicators. Its results confirm the effectiveness of its ESG — banking business model, which is the main trend in global financial markets.

On 10 March 2020 Center-invest Bank introduced a new "Green" deposit account, the only one of its kind in Russia. The deposit provides a 4.6% annual return.

The Executive Board announced Center-invest Bank’s results for 2019 at a press conference held on 5 February. The bank’s main development trends were: affordable lending for retail customers and small business, the digitalisation of banking products, acceleration of a new generation of entrepreneurs, and responsible investment in energy efficiency projects.