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05.06.2009
Center-Invest Bank's sustainable development takes it into final of international competition.
On 4 June in London the winners of the «FT Sustainable Banking Awards» were announced. The international competition is organised by the Financial Times newspaper and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.
27.05.2009
Enterprise for All
A crisis is the best time for investment in learning. It is hard to wait for help from others during a crisis, but everyone should know how to help themselves.
On 26 May, Entrepreneurs' Day, Center-Invest Bank launched a new project, «Enterprise for All», which will help SMEs in southern Russia and the local population overcome economic challenges by applying sustainable development principles and using the intellectual support of Center-Invest specialists.
26.05.2009
Center-Invest Bank celebrated Entrepreneurs' Day together with Italian and Don business people.
The International Forum of Rostov Region and Italian SMEs was opened on 25 May in Center-Invest Bank's head office.
26.05.2009
Don legislators met to discuss the sustainable development of the region.
On 26 May the Rostov Region Legislative Assembly held a hearing on «Measures to Ensure the Sustainable Operation of Rostov Region's Industrial Sector». On the invitation of regional legislators, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Center-Invest Bank, Dr. Vasily Vysokov, spoke at this event: he talked about experience of sustainable development and proposed ways in which sustainable development mechanisms could be used to build the region's post-crisis economy.
21.05.2009
Center-Invest Bank is the leader in SME lending.
In Q1 2009, Center-Invest Bank made 1135 loans to SMEs totalling 3.2 billion rubles. As such, in terms of the number of loans issued, it outperformed the other banks participating in the Rostov region SME Development Programme.
18.05.2009
Center-Invest Bank’s results presented at the EBRD’s Annual Meeting.
On 16-17 May the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was held in London. At this event, Chairman of the Board of Center-Invest Bank, Dr Vasily Vysokov, presented the programme “Southern Russia Against the Global Crisis” and spoke about the introduction of energy efficiency technologies in southern Russia.
15.05.2009
Center-Invest Bank attracts USD20m for southern Russia’s post-crisis economy.
In London on 15 May Center-Invest Bank signed loan agreements with the German Investment and Development Company (Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, DEG) and the Development Bank of Austria (Die Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG, OeEB). Under each of these agreements, Center-Invest will receive USD10m for financing post-crisis development projects in southern Russia. Both loans have a term of five years. The funds will be used for lending to SMEs and the agricultural sector, and also for energy efficiency lending.
25.03.2009
Center-Invest Bank provides an intellectual forum for Russian and European students.
Students from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Munster University (Germany) and South Federal University (Rostov) have recently completed six-month placements with Center-Invest Bank, organised as part of a large European education project, TEMPUS POMBI.