OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2012. NOMOS-BANK won four prestigious banking awards in 2012 for the implementation of international payments in euros and U.S. dollars:

STP Award 2011 (Commerzbank AG);

MT202 Elite Quality Recognition Award (JPMorgan);

Citi Performance Excellence Award for achieving an MT103 STP rate of 95% or higher (Citibank);

Citi Performance Excellence Award for achieving an MT202 STP rate of 98% or higher (Citibank).

Awards are given to the largest international financial institutions for excellent quality of payments in foreign currency. It should be mentioned that NOMOS-BANK receives such awards annually, which underscores the high professional level of its Settlement Center. The excellent quality of NOMOS-BANK international payment system allows to accelerate payment transfers and minimise operational costs.

NOMOS is the seventh largest banking group in Russia by total assets and the second largest privately-owned Russian universal bank with total assets of RUR 771.7bn and equity of RUR 87.0bn as at 30 September 2012. NOMOS has an extensive branch network of 300 outlets in the economically important regions of Russia, with the majority of its business concentrated in Moscow, St Petersburg, Tyumen (including the Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district), and the Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk regions. NOMOS provides a full range of banking services to corporate, small business and retail clients. As at 30 September 2012, NOMOS served approximately 13,200 corporate customers, 83,000 small business clients and approximately 1.5m retail customers, including private banking clients. NOMOS is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (GDRs) and the MICEX exchange in Moscow. NOMOS has long-term international credit ratings of BB from Fitch and Ba3 from Moody’s.