OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2010. Olesia Teploukhova, Deputy Chairman of the Board of RBD attended a workshop “Current Outcomes and Perspectives of Implementation of the SME Lending Support Program” in Vladivostok. The event was organized by RBD, the Main Department of the Bank of Russia in Primorie and Pacific Ocean State Economical University (MIFKiBD). The workshop dealt with status of small business in the region and implementation of the Government SME Lending Support Program, reported the press-centre of RBD.   

O. Teploukhova told the attendees about the outcomes of the Program and the Bank’s plans of SME support in the Primorskyi Kray. As of today Vladivostok’s 4 banks are partners of RBD. The limit set for the regional banks is RUR 1. 032 billion, and yet only RUR 155 million has been used out of that limit. “Statistical key figures of SME development in Primorie are higher than in the Far East Federal Okrug and are closer to the average figures in Russia. RBD intends both to develop cooperation with the existing partners and to involve new ones”, - O. Teploukhova pointed out.

After the report the participants exchanged their opinions. The workshop was attended by the representatives from the Primorskyi Kray Administration, major banks and SME infrastructure support entities of the region.