16 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong> people overcome the rising cost of utilities. In total, we disbursed 1,836 housing improvement loans during the year; with RSD 4.1 billion (EUR 39.2 million) outstanding, this segment represents 8.5% of the overall year-end portfolio. Deposits and Other <strong>Bank</strong>ing Services 11 Turmoil in the banking sector and the many problems facing banks in Serbia have heightened clients’ awareness of the importance of their bank’s “family tree”. Despite the ongoing financial crisis and the downward trend in interest rates on deposits, we managed to retain most of our depositors. Evidently, they appreciate the stability, safety and high level of professional service offered by <strong>ProCredit</strong> <strong>Bank</strong>, rather than seeking the highest interest rate on the market. Consequently, deposit volumes declined only slightly, by 2.02% to RSD 31.7 billion (EUR 300 million). Deposits from business customers grew by 5.1%, while deposits from private individuals decreased by 7.6%. Nevertheless, private individuals continued to hold the majority of customer deposits with a share of 52.8%. Reflecting the trust that our clients have in the long-term stability of the bank, term deposits made up the bulk of the total deposit base (61.2%), followed by current accounts (31%) and regular savings accounts (7.8%). With regard to our other banking services, in <strong>2010</strong> we focused on improving quality rather than quantity. We analysed the utilisation of our ATMs, and started to relocate those that had been underused. We also installed nine new machines bringing the total number to 151. The bank also expanded its network of account statement printers to 42, and the number of POS terminals operated by our business customers rose to 538. At the end of the year, nearly 41,000 cards issued by <strong>ProCredit</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> were in circulation, 67.5% of which were being used at least once a month. In its money transfer business, the bank carried out domestic transfers with a volume of RSD 425 billion (EUR 4.02 billion) in <strong>2010</strong>, a decrease of 1.45%. However, the volume of international transfers increased by 6.0%, totalling RSD 48.2 billion (EUR 457 million). Financial Results Despite the many constraining factors, <strong>ProCredit</strong> <strong>Bank</strong>’s total assets increased by 6.81% to RSD 71 billion (EUR 672.1 million) in <strong>2010</strong>. The large proportion of liquid assets – 30.7% of total assets – was mostly due to the high level of mandatory reserves that the bank is required to maintain at the central bank. The gross loan portfolio, including 11 The information provided in this section does not include the deposits or collateral provided by <strong>ProCredit</strong> Holding. Customer Deposits Number of Customer Deposits – Breakdown by Size* Volume (in EUR million) Number (in ’000) 450 900 1.3% 0.14% 400 350 800 700 4.4% o.09% 300 250 200 150 100 500 0 Jun 06 Dec Jun 07 Dec Jun 08 Dec Jun 09 Dec Jun 10 Dec 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 11.7% 82.4% Term Savings Sight Total number < EUR 100 EUR 10,001 – EUR 50,000 EUR 101 – EUR 1,000 EUR 50,001 – EUR 100,000 EUR 1,001 – EUR 10,000 > EUR 100,000 * 31 Dec <strong>2010</strong>
Management Business Review 17 Domestic Money Transfers International Money Transfers Volume (in EUR million) Number (in ’000) Volume (in EUR million) Number (in ’000) 3,000 12,000 600 120 2,500 10,000 500 100 2,000 8,000 400 80 1,500 6,000 300 60 1,000 4,000 200 40 500 2,000 100 20 0 Jan– Jun 06 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 07 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 08 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 09 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 10 Jul– Dec 0 0 Jan– Jun 06 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 07 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 08 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 09 Jul– Dec Jan– Jun 10 Jul– Dec 0 Incoming Outgoing Number Incoming Outgoing Number