`VTB Armenia’, EBRD plan to sign agreement on micro-crediting progm

Mediamax Agency, Armenia
Dec 8 2007

`VTB Armenia (Armenia)’ and EBRD plan to sign an agreement on a
micro-crediting program

Yerevan, December 8 /Mediamax/. `VTB Bank (Armenia)’ and the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plan to sign an
agreement on a micro-crediting program.

Mediamax reports that the General Director of `VTB Bank (Armenia)’
Valeri Ovsyannikov stated today that in the first quarter of 2008,
the bank plans to launch a few new products in the sphere of
micro-crediting.

There is an agreement with EBRD as well on provision of additional
funding for the development of mortgage services in Armenia.

According to Valeri Ovsyannikov, there are plans on using the
opportunities of the European network of subsidiary banks of VTB for
the realization of export-import funding programs.

In particular, in the nearest future a credit line for ACP Company
will start functioning – pre-export funding at the sum of $15mln,
using the opportunities of `VTB Bank’ in Paris.

According to Ovsyannikov, today the credit portfolio of `VTB Bank
(Armenia)’ makes about $110mln, the assets make about $190mln.