OREANDA-NEWS. January 3, 2013. SME Bank (Vnesheconombank Group) took part in the enlarged meeting of the Board of the Association of regional Banks of Russia (Association “Russia”). The meeting was addressed by Anatoly Aksakov, President of Association “Russia”, Alexander Murychev, Executive Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Mikhail Sukhov, Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia and Alexander Turbanov, General Director of the Deposit Insurance Agency.

According to Anatoly Aksakov, further small business development in the country requires elaboration of standards of SME lending. “We have already started this work together with SME Bank and are going to proceed with it”, pointed out the President of Association “Russia”.