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Center-invest Bank presented its financial literacy programmes and social and educational projects at the II National Congress on Financial Education for the General Public, held on

On 5 March a reception was held in the Center-invest Bank Directors’ Club for the German Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Rüdiger von Fritsch, accompanied by his wife and a delegation from the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce. Also present were business and local government representatives from the Rostov Region.

Center-invest Bank has launched a new product for contactless payments: using a Watch2pay^® device with PayPass™ technology and a Center-invest bank card, customers can make payments with just one tap.

As is now traditional, the February edition of “The Banker” publication included a ranking of the Top 100 Russian banks. Center-invest Bank has moved up the ranking to 69^th place for capital (USD179 m) and 58^th place for assets (USD2.3bn).

The Rusipoteka online portal for the mortgage industry has published its ranking of Russia’s biggest mortgage lenders for 2014. Center-invest Bank ranks 27^th, one place higher than in the previous year.

The final selection and award ceremony for the “Project for My City” competition was held on 16 February in Center-invest Bank’s congress hall. The competition was launched on 4 December 2014 by the Rostov-on-Don City Administration and Center-invest Bank, in partnership with the Rostov Regional Enterprise Agency and local universities.

Russia’s first Positive Economy Forum is to be held in Rostov-on-Don in June 2015.

Dr Vasily Vysokov, chairman of Center-invest Bank’s Board of Directors, has taken up post as a public advisor to the head of the Rostov Administration, Sergei Gorban. Dr Vysokov will be advising Mr Gorban on key aspects of the socio-economic, civic and political life of Rostov-on-Don. He will also help the head of the administration to identify effective policy solutions and assist with their implementation.