425th place
in The Banker magazine’s list of the world’s most capitalised banks in 1994

Acquisition of a general licenses for all types of banking operations in Russian roubles and foreign currencies

The issue of the first 23 thousand plastic cards

vneshtorgbank was established in 1990

VTB’s major shareholder is the Government of the Russian Federation

Commercial business of Vnesheconombank of the USSR is transferred to Vneshtorgbank

Launch of the World Without Tears corporate charitable programme

Launch of a multi-year charitable and sponsorship support programme for iconic cultural institutions:

  • The State Tretyakov Gallery
  • The State Russian Museum
  • The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
  • The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
  • The Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Moscow Theatre
VTB becomes a universal commercial bank in 2002

The first international forum RUSSIA CALLING! was organised

The first IPO among Russian banks and the largest international bank IPO at the time, raising USD 8 billion

Over 120 thousand Russian citizens became shareholders of the Bank

VTB is an effective promoter of the government’s policy of supporting the Russian economy during the global financial crisis

VTB established its Corporate University

VTB became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg State University

The first Social Report was issued

Shareholders’ Consultative Council was established

VTB adopted a new corporate lending policy based on an assessment of lenders environmental and social performance

The first issue of our corporate magazine for employees, Team Spirit, was released

IN 2005 RUSSIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PROJECT OF A SPECIALISED RETAIL BANK, VTB24, WAS LAUNCHED
VTB TURNED
> 3 billion RUB
allocated in 2010 to charity and the sponsorship of projects in Russia and abroad
90.6 billion RUB
in 2012, we achieved a record net profit since VTB was founded

The Group 2010-2013 Development Strategy was approved, which focused on efficieny rather than aggressive growth

Together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), we launched a project to save big cats in Russia

VTB finances large socially significant and environmental projects

The VTB Group Property Management Concept was approved and the Bank’s Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency Improvement Programmes were developed

VTB adopted a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Unique infrastructure projects of VTB for the construction of the Central Section of the Western HighSpeed Diameter (WHSD) and the M-11 Moscow — St. Petersburg highway are being put into force

VTB was awarded the status of the Russian Executive Agency, the Arctic Council Project Support Instrument

VTB represents russia at the annual g20 summit in toronto in 2010
40 awards
received VTB Capital in international rankings in 2016
30 billion RUB
The volume of concessional lending to small and medium businesses in 2016
> 1.3 million people
attended exhibitions sponsored by VTB in 2016
13.6 billion RUB
spent on sponsorship and charity projects in 2017
2.9 billion RUB
allocated for social programmes for Bank employees in 2020
14.9 million
VTB customers in Russia in 2020

Three global business lines were created: Corporate and Investment Business, Medium and Small Business and Retail Business

VTB adopted a strategy for 2017-2019, marking the digital transformation of VTB’s business

The integration of Bank of Moscow was completed

Jointly with FSUE Russian Post, Post Bank was established

On 1 January 2018, due to the result of the merger of VTB Bank and VTB24, a single universal bank began servicing customers

VTB started developing a sustainability strategy

The first mutual funds on the Russian market were launched that took into account the factors of responsible investment in asset management

RUB 262.2 million were allocated to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

Over RUB 50 billion was allocated to finance environmental projects, including renewable energy in 2020

10 million users installed a new version of the VTB Online retail application in 2020

VTB RECEIVED THE BANK OF THE YEAR 2020 AWARD FROM THE BRITISH MAGAZINE THE BANKER FOR THE BEST RUSSIAN BANK