CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW reports its preliminary RAS results for 2014
04.02.2015
<p>CREDIT BANK OF&nbsp;MOSCOW has reported its preliminary operating results for 2014 in&nbsp;accordance with Russian Accounting Standards (without events subsequent).</p> <p>The Bank's net income rose by&nbsp;46.3% yoy and amounted to&nbsp;RUB 6.2 bln (RUB 4.3 bln in&nbsp;2013). The significant growth of&nbsp;net income was driven by&nbsp;interest income increasing by&nbsp;37.4% to&nbsp;RUB 56.8&nbsp;bln, and fee and commission income by&nbsp;35.2% to&nbsp;RUB 8.5&nbsp;bln.</p> <p>The Bank's total assets reached RUB 571.2 bln as&nbsp;of&nbsp;January&nbsp;1, 2015, which is&nbsp;RUB 125.4 bln or&nbsp;28.1% more than in&nbsp;2013. CREDIT BANK OF&nbsp;MOSCOW is&nbsp;ranked 15th by&nbsp;total assets among Russian banks (Banki.ru) and 4th among largest privately-owned banking groups without foreign capital.</p> <p>The Bank's loan portfolio before impairment provisions expanded by&nbsp;20.5% and stood at&nbsp;RUB 394.8&nbsp;bln. The corporate loan portfolio grew by&nbsp;16.8% yoy to&nbsp;RUB 268.6&nbsp;bln. The retail loan portfolio reached RUB 126.2&nbsp;bln, a&nbsp;29.2% growth compared to&nbsp;2013. </p> <p>The Bank's total liabilities grew 29.9% in&nbsp;2014 and reached RUB 527.4 bln as&nbsp;of&nbsp;the reporting date. Corporate account balances rose by&nbsp;34.8% to&nbsp;RUB 244.4 bln and retail account balances by&nbsp;21.9% to&nbsp;RUB 162.3&nbsp;bln.</p> <p>As&nbsp;of&nbsp;the year-end 2014, the Bank's outstanding domestic bonds totalled RUB 49&nbsp;bln. In&nbsp;2014 the Bank placed two RUB 5&nbsp;bln exchange-traded bond issues series BO-10 and BO-11, and additional exchange-traded bond issues series BO-07 and BO-11 for a&nbsp;total of&nbsp;RUB 12&nbsp;bln. In&nbsp;addition to&nbsp;its local bond issues, the Bank placed a&nbsp;RUB 5&nbsp;bln subordinated Eurobond issue in&nbsp;November 2014 via its SPV&nbsp;&mdash; CBOM Finance p.l.c.</p> <p>The Banks' capital adequacy ratios as&nbsp;of&nbsp;January&nbsp;1, 2015 remained at&nbsp;comfortable levels: N1.1&nbsp;— 7.6%, N1.2&nbsp;— 7.6%, N1.0&nbsp;— 14.2%, with its equity standing at&nbsp;RUB 80.9&nbsp;bln. The high level of&nbsp;net income in&nbsp;2014 and 2&nbsp;subordinated loans raised in&nbsp;4Q2014 (a&nbsp;RUB 5&nbsp;bln subordinated loan from ROSSIUM Concern, the Bank's major shareholder, and the above mentioned RUB 5&nbsp;bln subordinated Eurobonds) strengthened the Bank's total capital.</p> <p>The Bank's branch network consisted of&nbsp;58&nbsp;offices and 31&nbsp;stand-alone cash desks in&nbsp;Moscow and the Moscow region as&nbsp;of&nbsp;January&nbsp;1, 2015. It&nbsp;had around 6,000 payment terminals, and the number of&nbsp;its ATMs exceeded 840 in&nbsp;2014.</p> <p>The Bank remains one of&nbsp;the leaders in&nbsp;the cash collection segment. As&nbsp;of&nbsp;the end of&nbsp;2014&nbsp;it had around 800&nbsp;customers, of&nbsp;which 43&nbsp;were credit institutions. The number of&nbsp;cash collection points exceeded 11,300, and the number of&nbsp;cash collection routes reached 185.</p>