OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2015. JSC AIKB Tatfondbank and OJSC Russian Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises Support (SME Bank) concluded a new credit agreement for the purposes of supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises. This time the amount of the agreement totalled RUB 400 million.

The funds will be channelled to financing of activity of entrepreneurs within “FIM Tselevoy” lending programme.

Loans under this programme can be obtained for acquisition and modernisation of fixed assets, purchase of real estate, and for expansion of existing production and purchase of intangible assets (patents, licences, and other intellectual property assets).

Supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises is one of priorities of Tatfondbank’s activity. The Bank offers its clients a package of financial services for development of their business.

OJSC Russian Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises Support (SME Bank) was established in 1999; 100% of shares in SME Bank are owned by the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)". Tatfondbank and SME Bank have been actively cooperating since 2004.