OREANDA-NEWS. July 17, 2014. SME Bank (Vnesheconombank Group) has provided RUR 250 million to Asian-Pacific Bank for support to small and medium enterprises in the Amur Oblast, Kamchatka and Krasnoyarsk Krays and the Republics of Buryatiya and Sakha-Yakutia.

RUR 150 million will be channeled for energy-saving and innovative projects as well as for modernization of production facilities. RUR 100 million will be provided for non-trade SMEs operating in the above regions including mono-cities.

Over the period of implementation of the SME Lending Support Program SME Bank has provided to Asian-Pacific Bank RUR 4.8 billion.