OREANDA-NEWS. November 01, 2012. A meeting of the Board of Directors of JSC AIKB Tatfondbank was held, reported the press-centre of Tatfondbank.

The Board of Directors heard a report of the Board of Management on the implementation of the Bank’s 2012 Development Plan for 9 months of the year. The work done by executive bodies over the reporting period was found satisfactory.

From the beginning of the year, the Bank’s assets grew by 17.3% to total RUB 98.3 billion. In 2012, the Bank increased its charter capital by 17.8% up to RUB 8.6 billion.

The Bank’s lending portfolio grew by 17% and totalled RUB 60.5 billion. The amount of funds attracted from individuals (deposits and balances of card accounts) has also grown to total, at 1 October 2012, RUB 36.5 billion.

From the beginning of the year, the Bank issued 87 900 new bank cards. The total number of bank cards of Tatfondbank at 1 October 2012 is 477 000.

In 2012, the Bank expanded the geography of its regional presence by opening its new offices in Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Voronezh, Saratov, Novosibirsk, Perm, Surgut, Kazan, and other cities. At 1 October 2012, the regional network of the Bank includes 119 units in the territory of Russia.

The meeting heard the reports on the implementation of the monitored decisions and instructions of the Board of Directors and the reports on the implementation of the Action Plan for the development of the Bank’s corporate governance system for 2012 (results for 9 months), as well as a report of the Controller of the Bank as professional participant of securities market for the 3rd quarter of 2012.

The meeting decided to reorganise, starting from 1 December 2012, the Bank’s branch in Zelenodolsk into an operational office. Its operation in the new format will help the office to optimise settlement and resource management system and offer its customers the unified and integrated line of products and high standards of service used in the Bank. The new format will also help accelerate the lending procedure and speed up settlement operations.

Also made were decisions on the spending of funds for social and charitable purposes and on the Bank’s priorities in the field of charitable aid and sponsorship.

The Board of Directors also approved a number of internal documents of the Bank and made decisions on the other issues within its competence.