KIEV, Jan. 11 - Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine??™s No. 2 bank by assets, plans to increase lending to corporate clients by at least 40% this year in order to retain its share on the credit market.

Viktor Horbachev, Deputy Board Chairman at Raiffeisen Bank Aval, said the lending will probably increase 40% to UAH 17.5 billion reflecting a robust growth of the market in Ukraine.