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Center-invest Bank Ranks Among Top 7 SME Lenders in Russia

09.03.2023

Center-invest Bank was included in the Ranking of Largest SME Crediting Banks in 2022–2023 prepared by Expert RA rating agency. The bank ranked 7th by volume of loans issued in 2022 and 13th by size of SME loan portfolio.

In 2022, Center-invest Bank lent 88,4 billion rubles for the development of our customers’ businesses, 84% of which were allocated to SMEs.

The SME loan portfolio demonstrated moderate growth due to business activity recovery. At year-end, Center-invest Bank slightly increased the growth rate of its loan portfolio by 1.3% year-on-year in 2021.

Center-invest Bank is actively involved in concessional financing programmes for SMEs. It acts as an accredited partner of SME Corporation and takes part in all government concessional financing programmes to support the entrepreneurship activities in Southern Russia. To develop and transform customers’ businesses, the bank runs its own  acceleration programme, including training, mentoring, and concessional lending.