Founded in 1990, Alfa Banking Group offers a wide range of products and operates in all sectors of the financial markets including corporate and retail lending, deposits, payment and account services, foreign exchange operations, cash handling services, custody services, investment banking services and other ancillary services to corporate and retail customers.
As of November 1, 2006, Alfa Banking Group had 205 offices (including subsidiary branches, regional branches and outlets) throughout Moscow, St. Petersburg and other key cities in Russia (including subsidiary banks in Ufa and Kazan, regional branches and outlets). The Group also operates through subsidiary banks and offices in Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Cyprus, the US and the United Kingdom and serves more than 1.8 million individual and more than 40 thousand corporate clients, including many of Russia’s top 200 companies.
As of June 30, 2006, Alfa Banking Group had total assets of approximately USD 12.3 billion and total equity of approximately USD 1.0 billion. In the first half of 2006 Alfa Banking Group generated operating income of USD 359.3 million (versus USD 269.2 million in the first half of 2005 and USD 653.2 million in 2005) and net profit of USD 114.8 million (versus USD 87.3 million in the first half of 2005 and USD 180.6 million in 2005).
