OREANDA-NEWS. September 27, 2013. Sberbank of Russia hosted a business forum titled "the focus is on a customer", which was organized for its corporate customers.

During the event, the Moskovskiy and Srednerusskiy banks of Sberbank introduced innovations in the business lending area. The participants of the forum had the opportunity to work at the four workshops, each of which was devoted to innovations in a particular area of lending: real estate financing, cross-border trading, investment and short-term business lending. Through these seminars the entrepreneurs gained an insight into new banking products and learned how they could be used for business development.

1300 company representatives from a range industries participated in the forum.

“Given the slowdown of inflation in Russia, Sberbank as a key creditor of the national economy aims at reducing the costs for its customers that invest in the economic development of the country, - said Maxim Poletaev, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board. - We believe that the measures we are taking will have a positive impact on the market”.