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Center-invest Bank co-organised Russia’s first “Start-Up Week” for new entrepreneurs. The bank held a number of events to develop financial literacy and entrepreneurial potential in southern Russia.

Rostov State Economics University has published a new book by the chairman of Center-invest Bank’s Board of Directors, Dr Vasily Vysokov, entitled “Information and Communications Technology in Southern Russia”.

At a business breakfast for partners and investors held in Moscow, the President and Executive Board of Center-invest Bank presented the bank’s audited IFRS financial statements for 2013 and signed a new three-year loan agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Moscow, Russia, March 19, 2014—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will provide a loan of 600 million Russian rubles ($16.5 million) to Center-Invest Bank to help it expand access to finance for small and medium enterprises in the agribusiness sector in southern Russia.

Center-invest Bank holds sustainable positions in the ranking of the Top 100 Russian Banks* recently published by The Banker. The English-language business magazine has also published Dr Vasily Vysokov’s expert opinion on the secrets of the success of the bank’s business model, which is based on the concept of sustainable development.

Krasnodar region Administration supported the proposal that the civil servants of Kuban be encouraged to sign up for Center-invest Bank’s online «Enterprise for All» course.

The governor of the Rostov Region, Vasily Golubev, has said he supports the proposal that the region’s civil servants be encouraged to sign up for Center-invest Bank’s online “Enterprise for All” course.

Center-invest Bank and Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) signed a Loan Agreement for 20 million EUR. According to the Agreement, BSTDB is providing this credit line, with a term of 5 years, to southern Russia’s leading bank to finance small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This agreement continues a long and fruitful cooperation between the two banks, which began in 2007.