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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.

Center-invest Bank has won the retail banking services category of the nationwide competition “The 100 Best Goods of Russia”. Our services for retail customers (deposits, loans, cards and payments) have been recognised as the best in Russia and we have been awarded a prestigious gold quality mark for excellence. This attests to the high level of professionalism of Center-invest Bank’s employees and our status as a banking market leader.