Uniastrum Bank Branches Now Open Longer Hours

Moscow, Russia, October 08, 2011 --(PR.com)-- For any modern retail bank, customer convenience is a top priority. Uniastrum’s new opening hours ensure that individual customers are guaranteed quality services such as applying for loans or cards, opening deposits, making payments, performing foreign-currency transactions or money transfers – at times more fitted to their lifestyles.

Since the changes were introduced more than 40 Uniastrum branches in Moscow and the Moscow region now open on Saturdays. The neighborhood banking centers at Kitay-gorod, Krasnaya Presnya, Pervomaiskaya, Tagansky Square, 30, Komsomol Avenue, Minitsky Radiomarket, and MTC Europark work seven days a week. Also, more than half of Uniastrum offices in the capital have extended their hours and are now open from 9:30 am until 8:30 pm.

Today Uniastrum has over 70 outlets operating in Moscow and the surrounding area. Thanks to the Bank’s well-ramified branch network, persons living in Moscow or the Moscow region’s larger towns are assured of immediate access to high-quality banking services. Uniastrum’s decision to extend its opening hours is just part of a phased program to upgrade the network with a view to improving customer service. In pursuit of this objective, the Bank is refurbishing its offices in accordance with its new corporate style, moving outlets to more suitable locations, closing older branches and opening new ones on busier public thoroughfares.

“Opening hours is one of the most important criteria for retail clients when it comes to choosing the bank that’s right for them,” notes Vasily Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of Uniastrum’s Management Board. “Our Bank has one of the biggest branch networks in and around the capital. We have long made it a matter of policy to accommodate our clients’ needs and preferences and continue to develop and optimize our services to the public in order to ensure the very best in customer convenience.”

CB Uniastrum Bank LLC was established in 1994. Uniastrum is a universal lending institution offering a comprehensive range of financial products and services, with particular focus given to the retail sector and small and medium-sized business. Uniastrum is one of Russia’s Top-30 systemically important banks, as ranked by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, and places among the country’s Top-20 banks based on the size of its branch network. It is Russia’s 48th largest bank by asset size, 37th by loan portfolio value, 31st by total retail loans, and 11th by overall SME credits, according to figures released by RosBusinessConsulting news agency. Uniastrum’s financial statement for January 1, 2011 showed the Bank’s equity capital standing at Rb 9 bn. Moody’s Investors Service affirmed Uniastrum’s long-term credit rating at Ba3 with a stable outlook, while Moody’s Interfax Rating Agency affirmed its national scale rating at Aa3.ru. Uniastrum is a deposit insurance scheme participant. The Bank’s regional network currently numbers more than 200 offices (including 43 branches) in 48 Russian regions. Since October 31, 2008 Uniastrum Bank has been a member of the Bank of Cyprus Group.

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