Damascus-Sana
A remarkable turnout was witnessed by the banking and insurance pavilion held by the Ministry of Finance within the sixty-first session of the Damascus International Fair.The visitors' questions centered on banking and insurance products and services and credit facilities provided by public and private banks, insurance and finance companies, finance directorates and entities affiliated to the ministry.
In a statement to SANA's representative, Dr. Riad Abdel Raouf, assistant minister of finance, explained that the pavilion also includes the General Authority for Taxes, Fees and Public Banks and 26 insurance authorities including insurance companies, brokerage and insurance supervisory authority, stressing that many investors visited the pavilion and have questions about taxes and fees on investment projects and conditions of access. On insurance services.
As part of the participation of the Commercial Bank of Syria in the exhibition, Jihad Bitar, Branch Manager 4 of the bank, told SANA that the visitors' concerns focused on the instructions of retail loans such as personal loan with a ceiling of 2 million guarantors and 15 million with a real estate guarantee and loans of scientific, professional and investment professions. For loans due to flexibility in terms of obtaining the loan.
The real estate bank was present in the banking and insurance pavilion amid heavy turnout of visitors to the exhibition, where the Director of Marketing, Dalia Haidar, confirmed that most of the visitors' concerns centered on the loan “Al Seria Card” ceiling of 500 thousand Syrian pounds and residential loan with a ceiling of 5 million pounds while the bank is waiting for approval The Council of Monetary and Credit to raise it to 15 million as well as about the restoration loan, which became a ceiling of 2 million pounds after the cancellation of the deposit requirement.
Haidar pointed out that the main objective of real estate participation in the exhibition is to reach the largest possible segment of citizens and acquaint them with the products, facilities, loans and services it provides.
The Popular Credit Bank participated in the banking and insurance pavilion in the exhibition and pointed out that most of the citizens who visited the pavilion inquired about the services of the bank, especially deposits, investment certificates, solar geyser loans and personal loan, which was raised to one million Syrian pounds and the facilities to obtain it. That there is a large turnout of citizens currently to obtain a million loan, especially in the province of Al-Hasakah, which was recently opened for lending.
The various services provided by the Agricultural Cooperative Bank, most notably the support of micro-projects for the demobilized from the military service in cooperation with the Social Aid Fund and loans for the provision of supplies and equipment for the generation of electric power have had the largest share of the questions of visitors to the pavilion, according to the Director of Planning at the bank Abeer Nofal, which showed that the bank also provides loans to buy Tractors and harvesters with long-term loans.
Syria International Islamic Bank also participates in the exhibition through two pavilions, the first in the textile and chemical sector and the second in the banking and insurance sector, underlining the bank's commitment to participate effectively and distinguished in this type of important economic events.
In a statement to SANA, the bank's CEO, Bashar Al-Sitt, said that the exhibition is an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation with various economic and commercial sectors, improve the business environment, enhance the role of the private sector and stimulate growth and increase its competitiveness with other sectors in the region.
Iyad Zahra, Director General of the Syrian Insurance Federation, said that the Union provides its services to customers through the system of compulsory insurance, border insurance and the representation of banks and companies, pointing out that visitors are interested in information about vehicle insurance and pension insurance for non-employees in the country. This will be highlighted later to introduce citizens, especially those who have not registered in the institutions of insurance, pensions and social insurance to get a pension.
The pavilion of the General Organization for Insurance and Pensions distinguished from the rest of the pavilions by providing services to retirees during his participation in the exhibition, where the Director General of the Foundation Bassem al-Jajeh confirmed that the institution provides in its stand a statement of salary for pensioners and a retired card and inquire about a transaction or registration or any complaint as the pavilion is connected to the institution network.
He pointed out that the institution relies on simplifying procedures to provide the best services to citizens by relying on automation and service "retired program", which sets the standard times for any transaction is applied in one window, which led to a reduction in the processing time to 13 days after it was earlier than the month, explaining that the retired now Also get a statement of his salary and inquire about his treatment by visiting the website of the institution.
Handsome Adawi