16.08.2007 /Home mortgage "SlavinvestBank" participated in the 10th National Real Estate Congress - The Bank acted as sponsor of "Professional recognition – 2007" Competition, and also presented "Credit module" high-technology system, that allows granting of mortgage loans within 2 days.

16.08.2007 /Investing The Bank "Saint Petersburg" issued the Eurobonds - Bank "Saint Petersburg" placed its subordinated Eurobonds in the amount of 100 million rubles at 10.5% per annum. The turnover period of the securities is 10 years with the possibility of their earlier redemption in 5 years.

16.08.2007 /Events 80 years of RZB. - Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG (RZB) is holding no celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of its foundation. Instead it has decided to donate 80,000 euros to charity, including the Helga Treichl Hospice of the Austrian Red Cross and the Mobile Hospice of Caritas Wien and to Austrian Doctors for Disabled, an initiative supporting disabled persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

16.08.2007 /Events The branch of OOO "SlavinvestBank" in St.Petersburg has joined the Leningrad chamber of Commerce and Industry - The main purposes of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is establishing of constructive dialogue of business and government, creating an environment for setting business relations, searching new clients and market channels.

16.08.2007 /Operations Probusinessbank: Successful RUR-denominated Note Issuance - The money raised by the issuance will be on-lent by PBB LPN Issuance to Probusinessbank and used to fund the growth of both the bank's corporate and retail loan portfolios.

16.08.2007 /Operations JSC "BTA" - the strategic partner of "SlavinvestBank" – has reorganized the work of its representative offices overseas - The representative office of the Bank in Russia, with a previous target to attract new clients in trade finance, research Russian market and establish contacts with clients in RF, will now be concentrated on attracting clients for realization of BTA projects of investment financing.

16.08.2007 /Financial Statements The Bank's "Saint Petersburg" own equity grew 45% in the 1st half-year - Its assets increased by 37% in six months and amounted to 83 095 million rubles as at 1 July. The volume of the funds attracted from the clients grew by 32% and reached 70.7 billion rubles.

16.08.2007 /Bank's Ratings The Bank d "Saint Petersburg" emonstrated the best car loan growth dynamics in Russia - The agency “RBK. Rating” published the ratings of the largest retail banks in The Bank took the 17th position in Russia by the number of the plastic cards in circulation and the 32nd position by the volume of the car loan issued in the first six months.