CJSC Forus Bank (Closed Joint-Stock Company “Fora – Opportunity Russian Bank”) is a bank for lending to micro and small businesses. The Bank’s Mission is to provide access to high quality banking services for individuals and growing businesses often excluded from mainstream banking services.

The founder of the bank is FORA Fund for Small Business Support, Russia’s largest microfinance organization. FORUS Bank's Head Office is located in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Financing private entrepreneurs and small businesses is our key activity. We believe in those willing to go in for business today and seek to provide such people with more financial opportunities to help them reach their goals

Forus has close to 11,000 borrowers. The bank has 40 office including regional network includes offices in Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Voronezh, Volgograd, Lipetsk and other cities of European Russia.

Forus Bank is a partner of an international network of Opportunity International, the Microfinance Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (MFC), the Russian Microfinance Center (RMC) and is a member of the Association of Russian Banks (ARB).