Artem Konstandyan on Russian banking | Promsvyazbank

World Finance interviews Artem Konstandyan, President of Promsvyazbank, on prompting innovation in Russia

January 9, 2013
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Transcript

Many Russian businesses were taken by surprise by the financial crisis and the country’s interconnection with the global economy. However, as Promsvyazbank’s Artem Konstandyan points out, Russia has weathered the crisis well and has huge potential for growth, with just 24 percent of the population estimated to have bank accounts, a rising per capita income, and increasing demand for financial products. He describes PSB’s plans to expand its retail services alongside its historic strengths.