Subsidies from the Government of Moscow provided significant assistance to entrepreneurs. As part of this initiative, Sber clients received compensation for the interest rate from the city budget on loans totaling more than 8 billion rubles. In total, over 12.5 billion rubles were issued under federal and regional business support programs.
In addition, about 2,000 organizations that took out loans from Sber used the "umbrella" guarantee mechanism of the SME Corporation. This allowed successful transactions to be concluded for an amount exceeding 20 billion rubles, which greatly simplified the attraction of borrowed capital for entrepreneurs.
Vice President of Sberbank - Chairman of the Moscow Bank Vyacheslav Tsybulnikov noted that Sber actively cooperates with the Government of Moscow, contributing to the development of entrepreneurship. Since 2020, thanks to this joint work, more than 30,000 entrepreneurs have been able to receive financial support from the city. In 2024, together with the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development, a new program of preferential pre-export lending was launched, aimed at helping Moscow exporters enter foreign markets. "We will continue to support small businesses, creating favorable conditions for their development," Tsybulnikov emphasized.
Among the recipients of funding is the company LLC "ACADEMY-T", which has been cooperating with Sber for over 20 years. The General Director of the company, Enver Saidovich Tokaev, said that in the first quarter of 2024, the organization took advantage of the preferential lending program and received funding secured by intellectual property. This allowed them to expand production capacity by purchasing new equipment for the production of sports nutrition. Tokaev emphasized the transparency and clarity of the loan application process and expressed his readiness to take advantage of the financing opportunities offered by Sber and the Government of Moscow again.
Thanks to a comprehensive system of support for entrepreneurs and effective interaction between Sber and the city authorities, Moscow's small businesses have access to financial resources, which contributes to their sustainable development and growth.