The portfolio of retail credits in Russia in the first quarter of 2016 has increased by 0.6 percent having reached 9.1 trillion rubles. “It was caused also by revival of credit activity of population in the first quarter of 2016. According to these results the banks have provided 5.15 million of loans with the total volume of more than 606 billion of rubles”, the materials of OKB informed.

      The positive dynamics of increase in the volumes of credit portfolios was fixed in 35 subjects of the Federation. Though only in 17 of them the growth exceeded the medium value. Crediting in the Privolzhskiy Federal District was increased more actively: Mary El Republic (plus 3.8 per cent), Mordovia (plus 3.7 per cent), Chuvashia (plus 3.6 per cent) and Tatarstan (plus 2.9 per cent).