Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia announces ahead of schedule utilization of funds dispensed by Entrepreneurship development fund on support of small and medium business

04.08.14 17:53
/KASE, August 4, 14/ – Subsidiary Bank "Sberbank of Russia" JSC (Almaty), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), today provided KASE with the following press-release: quote The Bank financed projects of small and medium-sized enterprises for the amount of 6 billion tenge through the early completion of the development of funds received from the "Damu" Entrepreneurship Development Fund as part of the program of lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector. These funds have been allocated from the National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the amount of 100 billion tenge and are the first tranche of 1 trillion tenge designed for the development of the national economy. Under this program, the Bank financed 22 projects of small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry, including 9 projects of the food industry for the amount of 1.6 billion tenge. Entrepreneurs were able to get a soft loan at 6% rate for the period of up to 10 years, and to refinance existing loans. unquote The full version of the press-release is available on KASE website in Russian at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/SBER/sber_reliz_040814.pdf [2014-08-04]