October 22, 2014, Stavropol - The opening ceremony for Sberbank's 5,555th reformatted office took place today. The office is located on the first floor of a large shopping mall in the most densely populated district of the city Yugo-Zapadny.

The opening ceremony was attended by First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank Maxim Poletaev; Chairman of Sberbank's Severo-Kavkazsky Bank Alexander Zolotarev; Head of Stavropol Georgiy Kolyagin; government representatives from Stavropol Krai and local residents and visitors.

"The new office format includes comfortable furniture, a barrier-free environment, electronic navigation and most importantly - great service," said Maxim Poletaev. "These offices, which are replacing old offices in the regions, provide clients access to quality services and the latest financial technology."

The new office provides a wide range of banking products and services: opening and closing accounts; deposits; cards; processing money transfers; various loans; buying and selling foreign currency; coin sales etc. The office can service up to 1,000 people per day. Currently there are 39 Sberbank offices in Stavropol of which 27 have already been reformatted.

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Sberbank of Russia
Alexander Baziyan
Public Relations
Tel. +7(495) 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

Sberbank of Russia 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 110 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with more than 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia. The official website is www.sberbank.ru.

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