OREANDA-NEWS. During a business trip to France, Dmitry Samoilov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Bank Electronika, and Elena Vasilyeva, Senior-Vice President of the Bank, held business discussions with representatives from BRED, a member-bank of one of the largest French financial groups, Banque Populaire.

The meeting was organized by the International Department of BRED Banque Populaire. BRED’s Director of Development, Patric Le Lorer, took part in discussions during which several important agreements were reached: In particular, the French and Russian banks will collaborate to establish business for sale of services through network offices. The French financial institution will provide consultative support for Bank Electronika’s network development project. Finally, participants discussed opportunities for personnel from Bank Electronika to take traineeship in BRED subdivisions.

Dmitry Samoilov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Bank Electronika, commented on the achievements of the meeting: “In planning and carrying out its development, Bank Electronika has actively drawn on international experience, including that of Western and Eastern European banks. At BRED, we are studying the practice of building bank office networks – today BRED serves individuals and small and medium-size client-businesses through 320 offices. Within our collaboration with BRED, we have shaped plans for consultation on technology to expand our network, centralized maintenance and security of the network’s operation, security of the Bank’s offices, and risk management for credit lending to the general population. In addition, we discussed the possibility of sending selected personnel for traineeships at various subdivisions of BRED Banque Populaire.”