British magazine “The Banker” included the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) in the TOP-1000 of the most powerful and financially sustainable banks in the world. According to the ranking, the IBA is among TOP-25 of the best banks within the Central and Eastern Europe region based on assets volume, capital adequacy, ROA and ROE. “The…
The Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan kept the refinancing rate at the level of 9% APR. The regulator said that the Board of the Central Bank adopted the decision on keeping the refinancing rate at 9% APR. The Central Bank said that the decision was adopted based on tasks, determined in main direction…
ATB Financial, the largest Alberta-based financial institution, has collaborated with SAP SE, financial technology start-up Ripple Labs Inc. and ReiseBank AG in Germany to send the first real international blockchain payment from Canada to Germany. bitcoin news at DC Forecasts reports that ATB successfully transferred CA$1,000 (667 euro) to ReiseBank using a network built on…
Aggregate capital of the banks of Uzbekistan reached 8.6 trillion soums as of July 1, up by 23.3% YoY. This was announced at the expanded session of the Board of the Central Bank dedicated to the results of the activities of the banking system in the first half of 2016. Current level of capital adequacy…
Shokhrukh Shoakhmedov was appointed the deputy chairman of Uzbekistan’s Central Bank according to a decree of President Islam Karimov, the Central Bank said. Shoakhmedov was heading the Central Bank’s central administrative board in Tashkent. Uzbekistan’s Central Bank is tasked to regulate money circulation and activities of commercial banks in the country. Currently 26 banks operate…
Starting with July 15, PJSC “FUIB” begins to disburse the guaranteed amounts of deposits to the customers of PJSC “Bank “Mykhailivskyi”, that is, to individuals whose funds are subject to compensation by the Private Deposit Guarantee Fund. PJSC “FUIB” disburses funds to depositors who, when concluding bank deposit/account agreement with PJSC “Bank “Mykhailivskyi”, had their…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has recognized Bank Eskhata as the most active issuing bank in Tajikistan. According to the Bank Eskhata press service, the EBRD honored the most successful participants in its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) 2015 in an award ceremony on May 11-12 in London on the sidelines of the…