Alliance Bank (Kazakhstan) starts lending SME under Asian Development Bank Investment Program

08.12.11 11:52
/KASE, December 8, 11/ - Alliance Bank (Almaty), bonds of which are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following press release of December 7, 2011: quotation Alliance Bank JSC is pleased to announce that it starts lending under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Investment Program implemented within the framework of a tripartite agreement between the Bank, ADB and "Damu" Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC. The Bank's Branch in Uralsk has funded a project worth KZT 69 million 470 thousand. The customer is one of the major entrepreneurs in the region, which provides services of food wholesale and retail sale to the population of Uralsk city through its own shops, markets, storage facilities. The funds are used to expand the business: the acquisition of commercial real estate for additional storage space. Favorable lending terms of ADB program will help the customer improve the conditions of storage and marketing of food products through the provision of these services in a covered area with associated equipment. In general, Alliance Bank plans to spend KZT7.4 billion to finance local SMEs under ADB Investment Program. ends The press release full version is available on KASE website at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/ASBN/asbn_reliz_071211.pdf [2011-12-08]