December 24, 2014, Moscow - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, Alexander Torbakhov, held a press conference where he announced the results of Sberbank's Retail Block in 2014.

Sberbank's total lending portfolio for individuals exceeded 4 trillion rubles as of December 1, 2014, an increase of 53% for the year. Sberbank's share of the home loan market reached 52.8%. The home loan portfolio reached 1,831 bln rubles (an increase of 37%), while the retail loans portfolio increased 14% for the year to 1,700 bln rubles and the credit card portfolio approached 407 bln rubles - growth of nearly 49% percent.

In 2014 the number of active Sberbank debit cards increased 9.6% to 86.8 mln, while the number of salary cards increased by 6% to 32.4 mln. The number of active credit cards increased to 14.4 mln during the year (growth of 18.6%).

Since November, 2013 Sberbank has raised 8,286 trln rubles in retail funds (an increase of 12.5%).

In 2014 Sberbank has continued to develop remote service channels for customers. The number of active users of internet banking "Sberbank Online" has exceeded 18 mln, while there are now more than 20 mln SMS-bank users.

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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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