OREANDA-NEWS. On 05 March 2009 was announced, that Profile magazine (issue #6 dated 23.02.2009) ranks TransCreditBank as a clear #1 in its rating table of 100 most reliable banks among Russian majors as of January 1, 2009.  The current score of reliability calculated by the Magazine’s researchers based on 2008 performance is 11% higher than that of the runner-up.

The Magazine also published financial indicator rankings which all point to rapid development of the Bank in 2008.  As per Profile’s calculations, TransCreditBank ranks #16 in terms of net assets climbing 9 steps up from its 2007 position.  The Bank is # 21 on the pre-tax profits ranking list (2 positions up from the previous year), and ranks #25 in terms of capital (5 steps up y-o-y).

At the same time TransCreditBank strengthened or retained its positions on crucial corporate and retail business rankings lists:

#22 on the list of biggest lenders to private sector businesses (vs. #27 a year ago);

#12 on the list of banks with biggest balances of corporate customer accounts (v. #21 a year ago);

#17 on the biggest retail lenders list (vs. #15 in 2007);

#26 on the list of banks with the biggest pool of retail deposits (TransCreditBank didn’t feature on this list last year).