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The winners of the “Let’s Clean Up the City” social advertising competition were announced on 5 June 2015, World Environment Day. The competition was an initiative of the Environmental Protection Committee of the Rostov-on-Don city administration, with organisational support provided by Center-invest Bank and the company Clean City.

Center-invest Bank is the first bank in southern Russia to provide loans for homeowners’ associations to renovate apartment buildings and reduce energy consumption. The bank presented its unique experience in this area at a seminar in Krasnodar on “The Practicalities of Energy Efficiency Modernisation of Multifamily Residential Buildings”. The event was organised by the RuSEFF “Warm Life” programme.

On 29 May Mrs Tatiana Vysokova, member of the Board of Directors of Center-invest Bank, received a letter of gratitude from the Rostov-on-Don city administration for her contribution to the city’s socioeconomic development and her philanthropic work. The letter was presented by the head of the administration, Sergei Gorban.

Russia’s first Positive Economy Forum will be held on 16 June 2015 in Rostov-on-Don. The event is being organised by Center-invest Bank together with PlaNet Finance (France). The main venue will be the Vertol-Ekspo exhibition centre. The event has the support of the Office of the Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary and the Governor of the Rostov Region.

Center-invest Bank’s BO-02 series bonds have matured. The bank has redeemed and paid the coupon on these bonds, which had been trading since 2012.

According to a study conducted by the portal banki.ru, Center-invest Bank bucked the trend in lending to individual entrepreneurs in 1Q 2015.

The latest “47 Hours” hackathon for youth IT start-up projects took place recently in Rostov-on-Don. Center-invest Bank continues to be a partner for this event. Representatives of the bank held masterclasses for the young programmers.

The Banki.ru portal (www.banki.ru) has published a ranking of Russia’s mortgage lenders (banks) in 2014. Center-invest Bank ranks 4^th for the number of mortgages issued in Russian regions (excl. Moscow and Moscow region), 20^th for the total number of mortgages issued, and 23^rd for its mortgage portfolio.