On December 17, Center-invest Bank and Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Rostov State Medical University of the Russian Ministry of Health signed a strategic partnership agreement for implementation of artificial intelligence technologies.

Center-invest Bank has been cooperating with Rostov State Medical University since 2002. The signed agreement envisages expanded collaboration with the university to improve the quality of medical services and facilitate the implementation of medical developments using artificial intelligence technologies.

"For us, as a technology-driven bank, artificial intelligence is not some abstract future, but a present-day working tool," pointed out Sergey Skripka, Chairman of the Board of Center-invest Bank. "Together with Rostov State Medical University, we will be able to create projects that directly impact the quality of life in the region, making healthcare more technologically advanced and effective."

Center-invest Bank is purposefully developing infrastructure and qualified personnel in the field of advanced technologies not only for the development of its own business, but also as assistance in the development of the Don region and the entire country. In 2024, together with the Russian State University of Economics (RINH), Center-invest Bank created the Artificial Intelligence Center to train economists in the skills of working with digital models and databases. With the bank’s support, a Game Development and Intelligent Technologies training and design laboratory was opened at the Don State Technical University (DSTU). In 2025, the bank became an industrial partner of the Southern Federal University (SFU) for joint implementation of the "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State" Federal Project.