OREANDA-NEWS. March 01, 2011. Sergey Krjukov, CEO of RBD made a report at the round table “Results of Modernization of Mono-towns in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast” that was held within the “Investor Day” in Nizhny Novgorod, reported the press-centre of RBD.

The RBD CEO told the attendances – members of the regional government, local administrations and mono-towns and representatives of the business community about the key priorities of the SME Lending Support Program. He accentuated on the active involvement of regional banks and SME infrastructure support entities in the program. As of the beginning of February, 2010 the regional limit for the oblast is RUR 3.1 billion, the portfolio of loans extended to SMEs under the Program in the region is RUR 1.240 million. Then Sergey Krjukov had a working meeting with Valery Shantsev, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

“RBD accentuates on cooperation with the regional government seeking to develop SME lending support. Moreover the Bank cooperates with 19 regional banks and 12 infrastructure organizations making affordable resources available for SMEs in the region including mono-towns”, said S. Krjukov.