Sberbank: Sberbank of Russia Presents New Stand at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Sberbank of Russia Presents New Stand at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

21 June 2012, St. Petersburg - Sberbank of Russia, the general partner of the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012, has presented its new stand 'Future Starts Now!' at the Forum.

The concept of the stand is that of a spaceship flying through the universe, which symbolizes ambitious goals and far-reaching plans of the bank on its way to its strategic objective - to become one of the world's leading financial companies.

Sberbank traditionally showcases its advanced financial solutions at its stand. This year the stand features 'Business Environment,' an innovative solution for small and medium-sized businesses. The 'Business Environment' project is a unique program to create an integrated infrastructure of a small or medium-sized enterprise, an instrument to build a business cyberspace that is technologically new to Russian business and society.

The primary objective of the project is to build up and develop small business.

A visitor will be enabled to operate a touch-screen to create a 'business of his dream' - to choose a business, its corporate identity (visual image) and give it a name, and make use of additional business development services.

'Sberbank puts high hopes on the 'Business Environment' project, which incorporates more than 20 unique services to run a business, enabling its customers to manage a firm, personnel, interact with the state, improve their skills, search for partners, suppliers and close transactions online,' said Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank.

The stand also features a presentation of the unique Center for sales of precious metals coins in St. Petersburg and the catalogue of the Sochi-2014 Olympics coins.

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Sberbank of Russia
Alexander Baziyan
Public Relations Department
tel. +7(495) 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

OJSC Sberbank of Russia is the largest bank in Russia, accounting for about 27% of the aggregate Russian banking assets and employing about 240,000 people. Founder and major shareholder of the OJSC Sberbank of Russia is the Bank of Russia holding over 57.6% of the voting shares. The bank's other shareholders comprise more than 245,000 legal entities and individuals. The bank has the largest countrywide branch network with 17 regional head offices and more than 19,000 outlets as well as subsidiary banks in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus, a branch in India, and representative offices in Germany and China. After purchase of Volksbank International in 2012 Sberbank has offices in 9 countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

The bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia.

The official website is www.sberbank.ru