OREANDA-NEWS. September 23, 2009. According to the research made by the Finance Magazine, BTA Bank is in TOP Five major Russian banks by volumes of financing of export import transactions, reported the press-centre of BTA Bank.

According to the results of 2008 BTA Bank enters the TOP Five banks by the volume of deals executed in the sphere of long-term financing with involvement of export credit agencies (the so called project financing). The volume of concluded deals in the above segment totals USD 27.8 million, the growth rate as compared to 2007 reached 85.3%.

Moreover, according to the results of 2008 BTA Bank enters the TOP Five banks by the volume of issued documentary letters of credit (the volume of deals in this segment totals USD 254.2 million with the growth rate being 39.1% as compared to 2007).

BTA Bank wins the third place in the ranking by the volume of bank guarantees issued in favour of legal entity customers and stands behind just the most active market participants - UniCredit Bank and Promsvyazbank and shows the following indices: USD 190.7 million (volume of issued documentary guarantees) and 107.1% (change as compared to 2007).

In 2009 BTA Bank continues to actively develop the business directions mentioned and keeps stable position in the international financing market.

Positive indices of the Bank in the international financing market resulted from the use of of-demand instruments of trade and structured finance, which is, in turn, caused by long-term activity in the market of financing of export import transactions.