DGAP-News: Sberbank: Sberbank of Russia is the 17th in rating of the most valuable banking brands

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Sberbank: Sberbank of Russia is the 17th in rating of the most
valuable banking brands

07.02.2012 / 14:31

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Sberbank of Russia is the 17th in rating of the most valuable banking
brands

February 3, 2012, Moscow – Sberbank took the 17th place in rating of the
most valuable banking brands in the world published by the consulting
company Brand Finance (study –Brand Finance Banking 500–). Value of
Sberbank–s brand was calculated at 10.8 billion dollars. Compared to 2011
Sberbank–s brand climbed two positions up in the ranking. Sberbank
confidently heads the list of all Russian banking brands.

The British HSBS took first place in the global rating of banking brands
(25.6 billion dollars), the second and the third are taken by American
Wells Fargo and Bank of America (23.2 and 22.9 billion dollars
respectively).

In April 2011 Sberbank took first place in ratings of brand recognition and
awareness of Russian banks, published by the National Agency for Financial
Studies (NAFI). According to Agency–s data, recognition of Sberbank in
Russia is 96%, awareness – 86%.

In March 2011 Brand Finance has declared Sberbank the most valuable Russian
brand.

According to results of the research by the Center of Strategic
Developments (TsSR) published in December 2010, Sberbank and the Russian
Orthodox Church have the highest credibility rating among the Russian
institutional settings (54%).

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Sberbank of Russia
Aleksander Baziyan
Public Relationships Administration
tel. +7(495) 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

Open Joint Stock Company –Sberbank of Russia| – the largest bank in Russia
holding about 27% of assets of the Russian banking system with about 240
thousands of employees. Founder and main shareholder of OJSC –Sberbank of
Russia– is the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, possessing over 60%
of voting stock. Other shareholders of the bank include over 245 thousand
of individuals and legal entities. The Bank has the widest branch network
in Russia: 17 territorial banks, about 19 thousand offices and internal
structural divisions, and also subsidiary banks in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and
Belarus, affiliate bank in India, representative offices in Germany and
China.

General License of the Bank of Russia for banking operations 1481.
Official website of the Bank – www.sberbank.ru

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Language: English
Company: Sberbank
19 Vavilova St.
117997 Moscow
Russia
Phone: +7-495-957-57-21
E-mail: media@sberbank.ru
Internet: www.sberbank.ruISIN: US80585Y3080, RU0009029540, RU0009029557
Listed: Foreign Exchange(s) MICEX, RTS

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