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On June 15 the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Center-invest Bank, professor Vasily V. Vysokov, doctor in economics, made a speech “New opportunities for the development of business in the South of Russia” for the members of the Union of German economy in Russia within the framework of informational presentation “Investment potential of the South of Russia. Southern Federal District presentation.”

On June 8 the meeting of the Board of Directors of the largest enterprises of the Kirovsky district of Rostov-on-Don took place in Center-invest Bank. The Chairmn of the Board of Directors of Center-invest Bank professor Vasily V. Vysokov, doctor in economics, presented the program “Stimulation of investments into energy-saving technologies” specifically for the directors of the city enterprises.

On June 3 in Moscow a meeting was held between Russian banks, which are the partners of German Bank for Development KfW, with the Chairman of the Executive Board of KfW Mr. Hans Reich, member of the Board of KfW banking group Ingrid Matthäus-Maier (on October 1 of 2006 Mrs. Matthäus-Maier will take the chair of the Executive Board of Kfw banking group) as well as with the journalists representing leading mass media of Germany: Handelsblatt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Financial Times Deutschland, die Zeit, WirschaftsWoche, Frankfurter Rundschau, Business Report, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Börsen–Zeitung. A

On June 3 in Moscow a meeting was held between Russian banks, which are the partners of German Bank for Development KfW, and Chairman of the Executive Board of KfW Hans Reich and a member of the Board of KfW banking group Ingrid Matthäus-Maier, on October 1 of 2006 Mrs. Matthäus-Maier will take the chair of the Executive Board of Kfw banking group. Journalists representing leading mass media of Germany also took part in the meeting: Handelsblatt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Financial Times Deutschland, die Zeit, WirschaftsWoche, Frankfurter Rundschau, Business Report, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Börsen–Zeitung.

On May 17-19 in Munich (Germany) the 4th International economic forum “Krasnodarsky krai days in Germany”. During this forum Center-invest bank and RaiffeisenLandesbank Oberösterreich (RLB OÖ, Upper Austria) presented project “European Union – Russia: cooperation between SMEs”.

Center-invest Bank became much closer to its customers! Four new offices of the Bank at once have been opened in April: two of them in Rostov-on-Don, one in Veseliy and in Veshenskaya. Now in a couple of steps away from your home you can be granted a full range of banking services of European quality both for your family and enterprise!

Web-site RBC.ru has published rating “TOP-500 of regional banks in 2005”. Center-invest Bank took the 23rd position of the rating by the amount of net assets. According to the information of RBC as of 01.01.06 Center-invest Bank’s net assets exceeded RUR 12.7 billion while the growth amounted to over 58%.

On April 7 Center-invest Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC – a investment branch of World Bank group) have signed an agreement on granting a credit line to the Rostov Bank to the amount of USD 4 million for financing projects of energy-efficiency sphere.