OREANDA-NEWS. April 13, 2011. RBD held a video-conference with the government of the Kirov Oblast and representatives of the regional financial institutions. The key item of the agenda was implementation of the RBD SME Lending Support Program and its future expansion in the Kirov Oblast, reported the press-centre of RBD.

The Bank’s representatives told about the basic principles and framework of the Program. Thus the Bank has developed 16 credit products for the partners of the Program – banks and infrastructure organizations. Moreover, the Bank provides special offers promoting innovative SMEs. It was also pointed out that the regional limit for the Kirov Oblast was built up 3 times and now reaches RUR 600 mln. The Bank’s officials added that this year the Bank has accentuated on the SMEs that incur deficit in commercial loans. Alongside the Bank intends to develop targeted products for different SME industries.

The parties discussed the most topical issues of the Program’s expansion as well as the partners’ growth in the oblast.

The conference was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kirov Oblast Oleg Kazakovtsev, Head of Department of Entrepreneurship and Trade Pavel Anufriev, representatives from banks, leasing companies, regional and municipal SME support funds.

The attendees agreed that this form of interaction was very efficient and fruitful.