OREANDA-NEWS. August 27, 2012. PrivatBank (Russia) started servicing customers in four more cities of the country - Kazan, Saratov, Ryazan and Saransk. As the press service of the bank reported, new offices are opened within the federal development program which will allow PrivatBank to widen its presence in 32 major Russian regions by the end of the year.

"We enter new regions of Russia with absolutely unique services. Many of them were not previously accessible to these regions’ inhabitants, - says Nikolay Davidov, the Chairman of PrivatBank (Russia). - For example, today in PrivatBank you can issue a plastic card for a child and send and receive an international money transfer in 5 seconds via the Internet."

New PrivatBank’s offices operate seven days a week according to an “extended” schedule that is convenient for customers. The most popular banking services such as paying utility bills, sending and receiving money transfers and topping up mobile phone accounts - are available around the clock in ATMs, self-service terminals and Internet banking system ‘Privat24’. Instant opening of account, making payments, corporate cards’ and payroll projects’ maintenance and other services are available to corporate clients in PrivatBank.

"Today, our customers need to visit the bank’s office only once to open an account or issue a bank card and to get access to all necessary banking services of the highest quality, - said Nikolay Davidov. - The most up-to-date service system will allow customers to make payments and use other services right from their homes and offices, from anywhere in Russia, and even the world. "

According to "RBK.Rating", in the second quarter of the year PrivatBank (Russia) entered the TOP- 30 the most “branched” Russian banks. Today 208 bank’s branches and offices operate in 30 regions of Russian Federation. Since the beginning of 2012 PrivatBank has opened 20 new offices in Russia.

International banking group PrivatBank serves over 22 million corporate customers and individuals in 12 countries including Russia, Georgia, Latvia, Italy, Portugal, China, Great Britain, Cyprus, Germany, Spain and Kazakhstan. According to RIA.Rating in 2012 PrivatBank entered the TOP-10 banks in CIS, occupied the ninth position in the TOP-10 banks Of Central And Eastern Europe within the TOP-1000 world leading banks. In Russia PrivatBank serves customers through a subsidiary bank "Moscomprivatbank" (general license of the Central Bank of Russia № 2827 from April 23rd, 2012). According to RBK.Rating, the bank entered the TOP-100 Russian banks; on March 1st, 2012 the bank’s assets was RUR38.77 billion (94th line in Russia), capital – RUR3.75 billion, loan portfolio - RUR15.43 billion, individuals’ deposits portfolio – RUR27.14 billion.