Sberbank, Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution, holds almost one-third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets. It is the key lender to the national economy and the largest deposit taker in Russia. Sberbank has more than 137 million individual customers and more than 1.1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. It has the largest distribution network in Russia, with almost 17,000 branches, and its international operations include the UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.