The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution, is reviewing a proposal to invest KZT 15 billion (USD 100 million) in the Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia Joint Stock Company (SBK) in Kazakhstan, a commercial banking subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, to increase financial access for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Kazakhstan. The EBRD board of directors will consider the proposal in July 2013.
