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31.05.2010

Center-Invest Bank is to help create the first energy-efficient university.

On 31 May, during the 25th EU-Russia Summit, held in Rostov-on-Don, Center-Invest Bank and the international consulting company MVV decon GmbH (Germany) signed an agreement to conduct an energy audit of the South Russian State Technical University (SRSTU).

13.05.2010

European bank expands investment in the city of Taganrog.

On 6 May 2010, in the Center-Invest Bank Directors' Club, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Teploenergo (the leading privately-owned heating company in the city of Taganrog) signed an agreement on the implementation of a new project: Taganrog Teploenergo II. Under this agreement, the EBRD is providing Teploenergo with a ten-year RUB 350 million loan.

05.05.2010

Shareholders approve Center-Invest Bank's results for 2009.

Center-Invest Bank held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 5 May 2010.

The main outcome of 2009 was that Center-Invest's sustainable banking model successfully passed the latest stress test posed by the global economic crisis: as a sustainable banking business, we focused not on instantaneous profits, but rather on long-term gain for the benefit of our shareholders, customers and partners.

Chairman of the Center-Invest Bank Executive Board, Anna Shtabnova, presented the bank's results for 2009 to our shareholders.

09.04.2010

Center-Invest Bank is the leader for SME Lending

RosBusinessConsulting (RBC.ru) has published its annual rating “The Leading Banks in the SME Lending Market”, based on performance in 2009.

10.03.2010

Center-Invest Bank - the leader in SME lending

In 2009, in terms of the number of loans it issued to SMEs, Center-Invest was the top performing bank in the Rostov Region SME Development Pro-gramme. We provided SMEs with 4169 loans totalling RUR15.7bn.

09.03.2010

Center-Invest brings together the agribusiness sectors of southern Russia and Upper Austria.

On 2 March, Center-Invest Bank's head office in Rostov hosted a networking meeting for agriculturalists from the Don region and Austria. The event was held as part of an Austrian agricultural trade mission to southern Russia organised by Center-Invest Bank, the Austrian bank Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG (RLB Oö), and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Russia.

01.03.2010

Don entrepreneurs are to write an online textbook for Russian schoolchildren.

As part of the Enterprise for All programme, Center-Invest Bank has initiated a project to develop an online textbook on the principles of enterprise for schoolchildren in the Rostov region and southern Russia.

10.02.2010

Teploenergo and the EBRD: EUR10m invested in infrastructure and the environment in Taganrog, the birthplace of Chekhov

Teploenergo has completed an investment programme to upgrade its heating infrastructure in the city of Taganrog. Total investment in the project was RUR354m: RUR133m was contributed by the European Bank for Regional Development (EBRD) to the company's registered capital in 2007, and RUR221m was provided in 2008 as a ten-year EBRD loan.