On 24 May 2023, the final of the annual Best SME Banking Programme 2023 competition was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation as part of the Golden Mercury National Entrepreneurship Award. Center-invest Bank’s «Resort Business of Southern Russia» programme won the «Support and Development of the Resort Business» category.

The main objective of the Best SME Banking Programme 2023 competition is to highlight the best banking practices for the development of customers’ businesses and to maximise awareness of existing bank offers among entrepreneurs. The banks’ products and services for small and medium-sized businesses were evaluated for relevance, demand and conditions by the award experts from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

In 2023, Center-invest Bank launched a programme to support and develop domestic tourism in the Krasnodar and Stavropol Regions, with the aim of creating conditions for realising the tourism potential of these regions. The comprehensive offering includes settlement, cash, acquiring, lending and payroll card services. The programme takes into account the seasonality and financial flows of the resort industry.

Center-invest Bank strives to create the most favourable conditions for the development of regional businesses. The bank actively participates in concessional financing programmes for SMEs. It acts as an accredited partner of the SME Corporation and takes part in all government concessional financing programmes to support the entrepreneurship activities in Southern Russia.