OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank participated in the plenary session of the Council of Leaders of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Russia. During the session, Andrey Sharov, Vice-President and Head of Sberbank's Small Business Development Department, presented information on the bank's new services for businesses, its priorities for 2016 and joint projects that will create synergies between Sberbank and the system of the CCI of Russia.

"Sberbank and the CCI of Russia have a longstanding partnership aimed at achieving a common goal: cultivating a favourable business and investment climate in Russia," commented Mr Sharov. "For Sberbank, synergy with the CCI of Russia above all is the 'voice of the client', which helps us continuously improve our products and services for small business."

Since the start of the year, Sberbank has provided around RUB 200 bln to small business, and representatives of small business have opened more than 400,000 new accounts with the bank.