OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2009. So far in 2009, Parex banka has added 16,080 new customers to its customer base. In December 2008 and the first three months of 2009, some 1,500 new clients made use of the bank’s services, according to data which were correlated on December 5. Currently, the bank has 379,971 clients, of those 5,134 legal entities and 94,862 individuals proved their trust in the bank in 2009 by increasing the level of their partnership with the bank, reported the press-centre of Parex Banka.

The bank particularly appreciates those customers who increased their level of partnership between December 5, 2008, and the end of January in 2009 – 6,622 legal entities (institutions, organisations and companies), as well as 69,380 individuals.

Parex banka’s CEO Nils Melngailis: “We are very pleased that we have gained more than 16,000 new customers during the course of the year despite the stability crisis which the bank experienced in late 2008 and the overall economic situation in the country. Last December, more than 250 individuals and enterprises entrusted new deposits to the bank, which speaks volumes for the loyalty of our customers. These data show that our customers trust the bank, and to a certain extent demonstrate that negative publicity about the bank’s takeover and the events of the past is kept separate from the bank’s current operations.”

According to the latest information, the largest increase in the numbers of new customers occurred in June, September and November, when nearly 4,000 new clients joined the bank. The largest increase was seen in Riga (6,865 new customers), while elsewhere in Latvia, the customer base increased in the bank’s branches in Daugavpils (780), Jelgava (469) and Rezekne (485).