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Alfa Bank is one of the biggest private-sector banks of Russia which was established in the year 1990. The Alfa Bank is regarded as one of the dependable and fastest-growing banking institutions of Russia. It is one of the very few domestic banks which operate under the international standards of auditing. The Alfa Bank is a member of the Corporate Club of WWF and a patron of the Russian Charity organization, ‘Life Line’.
The Alfa Bank provides all kinds of services like investment banking, insurance and asset management, corporate banking, retail banking and trade finance. As per the records of December 2006, the Alfa Bank has more than 45,000 corporate customers and above 2.4 million retail customers. At present, the bank has more than 200 branches in Russia and CIS.
The Alfa Bank of Russia also has subsidiary branch at Netherlands, USA and in Kazakhstan. The CIS branches of the bank mainly serve the corporate and retail customers while the Netherlands branch serves customers with import and export finance issues.
Alfa Bank has won many prestigious awards and recognitions by various foreign magazines and financial institutions. For the year 2007, Alfa Bank has already won the Best Bank in Russia Award by the Euromoney magazine.
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