OREANDA-NEWS. Global Finance magazine once again recognized the achievement of Sberbank in digital banking. This year, Sberbank was named best in Central and Eastern Europe in two categories: Best Bill Payment & Presentment and Best Information Security Initiatives.

"We are constantly improving our retail digital products. The awards from Global Finance are another recognition of our success in this area, - said Alexander Torbakhov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. - We will continue our work on the improvement of digital services in order to exceed the expectations of our customers."

Sberbank is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors.

Sberbank has more than 135 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with almost 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.