Sberbank in 2016 will launch a pilot retail products in yuan, told reporters the head of the Bank Herman Gref after the annual direct line with the staff.

"First of all, it will be the contributions. For credit demand is very small. We keep talking about the yuan, but really we have no demand", - said Gref.

The head of Sberbank noted that the yuan is an exotic currency, "but the noise around her more than demand".

"As we move beyond the demand, so we start piotrowice such products from the Far East, let's try them where the zone of the largest trade exchanges with China", - he stressed.

Also, according to him, Sberbank in the first quarter of 2016, will give clients the possibility of early repayment of credit line.

"In the first quarter of 2016 is an opportunity (early repayment of loans via Sberbank online - ed.) can appear", - he said.