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National bank "Trust" to the end of this year, plans to bring the loan portfolio crediting small and medium business (SMB) to 10 billion rubles, the Director of Sales Alliance and Small and Medium Business "NB" Trust "Kirill Tikhonov on Tuesday at a press conference at the press center of the agency" Interfax-Urals in Chelyabinsk. < BR>
He noted that the SME Bank lending program launched in March 2006 and to date the volume of lending in this area is more than 8 billion rubles.

"Overcoming the 8 billion mark in place of Chelyabinsk. Total Program NB "Trust" credit for business development has already received over 12 thousand business throughout Russia ", - K. Tikhonov said.

He added that lending to private enterprises of the Ural Bank began in September 2006 and the year the volume of outstanding loans amounted to 650 million rubles.

According to him, SME lending is the most promising direction. Thus, in the first half of this year, the growth of this segment of the credit NB "Trust" was 300%.

"Under the existing program, we are prepared to lend to its customers from 150 thousand to 30 million rubles for the different time of 3 months. up to 5 years ", - added K. Tikhonov.

He said that in recent times to develop a so-called confidence or bezzalogovy, business loans of up to 1 million rubles .

In turn, Director of External Relations, National Bank "TRUST" Andrew Sogrin said at a press conference that at the present time in cities of more than 50 regions of Russia are more than 150 points of sale the bank, and to mid 2008 their number may be increased to 230 points.

"Regional expansion is key strategy for the development of the bank. We are ready to discover the point of sales in all cities where the growing small and medium businesses, including closed territorial entities ", - noted A. Sogrin.

In addition, the participants of the press conference, the Bank together with sociological ROMIR Monitoring Center has developed and launched the project" Trust index HCMs. The aim of the project - conducting regular studies, which will be to ascertain the mood of private entrepreneurs and their expectations for the development of small and medium business in Russia in the near future.

National bank "Trust" in the first half of 2007 took a 38 -- place in terms of assets in renkinge Interfax-100 ", compiled by the Interfax-CEA".

Source: Interfax