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CONVENTION PROGRAM

BANK SUPPORT — FINDING A BALANCE OF THE CUSTOMER AND THE CONTRACTORS’ INTERESTS
PANEL DISCUSSION
14:00-16:30 October 8 2025
CONFERENCE HALL OF PRESS CENTRE, LEVEL 2
Organiser:
Gazprombank (Joint Stock Company)
Moderator:
Igor Smirnov
Executive Vice President, Gazprombank (Joint Stock Company)
DISCUSSION:

Bank support, a technology that is mainly designed to ensure targeted and effective use of money, has been dynamically developing in the Russian Federation throughout the last 10 years. Enterprises of the fuel and energy sector are the key users of this technology, and they also set trends for its further use and improvement. As any other essential element of the customer-contractor relations, bank support requires some fine adjustment and setup with due regard to the current economic environment. During the panel discussion, the speakers will consider practical cases of bank support use during implementation of large-scale projects, talk about the solutions aimed to establish a balance between the customer’s and the contractors’ interests, innovations and plans for further enhancement of the technology, support tools developed by financial institutions for contractors and suppliers who work under agreements that include bank support.

 

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
  • Practical cases of setting and using individual parameters in bank support.
  • Bank support and / or bank guarantee?
  • Support tools that financial institutions offer to suppliers and contractors, who use bank support.
  • Bank support — advantages available to contractors.
  • How labor efforts can be reduced and process efficiency - increased.
  • Practical cases of using bank support as a tool for credit risks management.
  • Customers, contractors, and banks — establishing an effective collaboration.
  • Future of bank support — e-document flow and AI-powered technologies.
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    INVITED SPEAKERS:
  • Representative, Gazprom;
  • Representative, Gazprom Neft;
  • Representative, RusChemAlliance;
  • Representative, Novatek;
  • Representative, Gazstroyprom;
  • Representative, Inter RAO;
  • Representative, SIBUR Holding;
  • Representative, Ministry of Finance, Kyrgyz Republic;
  • Representative, Gazprombank (Joint Stock Company).
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