On March 13, in Gelendzhik Center-invest Bank held a seminar for the entrepreneurs of Gelendzhik and Anapa devoted to “Lending to enterprises of sanatoria and health resorts complex of Krasnodar Territory”. Over 70 entrepreneurs and directors of sanatoria, private hotels and mini-hotels took part in the seminar.

The event was of great interest for the entrepreneurs of the Black Sea coast. Center-invest Bank specialists were asked many questions regarding the conditions and mechanisms of private hotels financing at health resort zone of Krasnodar Territory.

In 2007 within the framework of “South of Russia+” strategy, Center-invest Bank plans to hold seminars for the specialists of enterprises and for the entrepreneurs of the South of Russia, including in Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories. It became possible due to high development rates of Center-invest Bank branch network: in 2006 the Bank opened its offices in Sochi and Novorossiysk cities. In 2007 there will be opened offices in Adler, Anapa, Gelendzhik cities and a sub-branch in Sochi city.

At present branch network of Center-invest Bank in the South of Russia and including representation offices in Moscow and London make up over 100 offices.Over 20 thousand SMEs and individual entrepreneurs are Center-invest Bank customers. In 2006 only the Bank the volume of lending in Center-invest Bank equaled to RUR 12.5 billion.