Agent Banks in the second level make loans and are looking for projects profitable financing. Often, they use technologies and methods to lending that banks borrow from the organizers of the first level. Such a model does not exclude the implementation of independent programs lending by individual banks, but most Russian banks are not willing to lend to both small business and act as organizers of lending programs for third-party providers of banks – the fact that most financial intermediaries in the regions exist at the expense of short-term deposits! These banks can not provide long-term loans to entrepreneurs for a renewal of fixed assets. Banks are limited to short-term lending for working capital (up to 1 year and more often – for 3-6 months). Such care improves the reliability of the regional banks, but, unfortunately, short-term loans do not allow small and medium-sized businesses to upgrade their production.

In addition, most regional banks are relatively small. Even loans to small businesses to upgrade their production facilities to create these banks increased credit risks. Besides issuing these loans are small banks could lead to violation of several standards established by the Central Bank of Russia. Banks can not alone provide all micro-credit, therefore, are reluctant to issue a large number of small loans due to high transaction costs associated with the evaluation and control of each. As a result, small and medium-sized businesses wishing to get a loan in the amount of $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 are having difficulty finding outside sources of funding.