The Bank’s profile

One of the major banks in Russia’s North-West Region, Bank Saint Petersburg was founded in 1990, at the very beginning of Russia creating a modern banking system. During its history, the Bank has become an integral part of Northwest Russia’s financial and economic system.

Bank Saint Petersburg is a leader in the city’s financial services market, ranking 15th among Russia’s largest banks (as of January 1, 2013).

The Bank provides services through its 41 branches and offices to more than 1,200,000 private clients and to more than 39,000 corporate clients, including major companies located in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The Bank is proud of the market share and the long-term relationships built with clients.

In the first place, Bank Saint Petersburg is a city bank; the Bank’s task is to contribute to St. Petersburg’s future development, providing high quality banking services to residents of the city and local companies. The Bank pays special attention to financing programs related to city life, providing loans to all industries and production facilities. The Bank has also proactively developed credit programs focused on small- and medium-sized businesses.

In late 2007, the Bank became the first privately-owned Russian bank to successfully complete an IPO. Today, the Bank’s shares are traded on MICEX-RTS, the integrated Russian stock exchange.

The Bank follows social responsibility principles and supports city programs aimed at upgrading the social and economic climate in St. Petersburg.

Development strategy

In 2012, the Bank continued its development as a universal and efficient regional financial institution focused on customer services quality.

The Bank’s strategic goal is to become the first choice bank for St. Petersburg’s residents and businesses. To reach this goal Bank Saint Petersburg uses its key competitive advantages: real customer proximity, expert knowledge of the local market, quick decision-making, flexibility to address clients’ needs, industry-leading technological solutions in e-banking.

Bank Saint Petersburg builds long-term and reliable partnerships with the city’s residents and businesses. The Bank is expanding the private client base and strengthening the intensity of client cooperation with the Bank. At the same time, the Bank is focused on upgrading customer loyalty and building lasting cli¬ent relationships based on the quality of services. The Bank is also continuing to develop the Bank’s corporate unit, which has traditionally been strong. The Bank is paying increased attention toward working with mid-sized businesses.

Bank Saint Petersburg is

• Regional bank: Focus area — St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The Bank understands unique features of the region and promptly responds to customer needs and the changing market environment.
• Full-service universal bank: The Bank offers a full range of products and services to all customer categories in the regional market, paying particular attention to the mass segment.
• A bank of high efficiency: The Bank’s aim is to ensure continuous efficiency and productivity by means of process alignment and optimization, as well as application of lean production principles.
• A leading bank in terms of customer services quality: The Bank is striving to become a leader in terms of customer services quality by offering simple and easy-to-understand products, maintaining a high speed of transactions execution, and giving its customers the opportunity to perform most of the standard transactions via e-banking without visiting the Bank’s office.