Banks

Sberbank and Vnukovo Airport concluded a transaction to refinance loans issued by other banks worth 9 billion roubles.

Artists from Chile and Peru won the second IDB contest on bureaucracy and red tape.

Sberbank Corporate University hosted a two-day seminar titled “The Role of Cybersecurity in Digital Organisations”. The seminar was organised by Sberbank’s Cybersecurity Service as part of its Cybersecurity Academy programme.

This loan contract is the first step in implementing this important investment, since ElvalHalcor envisages to attract further international financing. ElvalHalcor is a leading aluminium rolling company worldwide, one of the largest Greek exporters and the only aluminium rolling company in Greece.

Sberbank has launched a new service to help entrepreneurs register their business (individual entrepreneurs or limited liability companies). The service can help them prepare necessary documents online.

The first stage of Sberbank’s Skolkovo Data Processing Centre (DPC) has been launched in the Skolkovo Innovation Centre.

ADB's Board of Directors approved a loan agreement for $100 million that will improve and strengthen the development and delivery of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Punjab province.

Today in Tilburg, the EIB signed a financing agreement with the Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) association.

ADB's Board of Directors has approved a $380 million loan to help the Philippine government strengthen the road network and spur economic development in Mindanao.

IDB $31.7 million loan will allow for improving road infrastructure and construction of a bus lane in Brazil.

Deutsche Bank today announced the implementation of an upgraded equities trading platform with artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities, setting a new benchmark for best execution, a key focus for financial institutions ahead of MiFID II.

ADB's Board of Directors has raised the limit of an existing microfinance risk participation and guarantee program by an additional $100 million in assistance for its microfinance institutions (MFIs).

Sberbank announces that David Rafalovsky will be appointed Senior Vice President, CTO of Sberbank Group and Co-Head of the Technology Block on February 1, 2018. Mr. Rafalovsky will report to Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Executive Board.

Pursuant to the definitive agreement, Sberbank will subscribe for new shares in Yandex.Market for 30 billion rubles (approximately $500 million), valuing it at 60 billion rubles (approximately $1 billion) on a post-money basis, before taking into account any potential future synergies.

Completion of the transaction was approved by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, as well as the European Central Bank and the National Bank of Ukraine.