Kyrgyzstan: Rosinbank to specialize in lending

Rosinbank will become a specialized bank, the main focus of which will be lending of infrastructure, communications and housing construction, Chairman of the National Bank Tolkunbek Abdygulov said. According to him, the authorized capital of Rosinbank OJSC will be additionally increased to 3 billion soms. This decision was made by the Board of the National…

Ukraine: return of PrivatBank to former owners impossible

The return of PrivatBank to its former owners due to the court ruling that declares nationalization of PrivatBank illegal is impossible, NBU First Deputy Governor Kateryna Rozhkova said at a press briefing regarding appeal against the court decision to nationalize PrivatBank, the NBU’s press service reported. “PrivatBank’s nationalization was an important step towards ensuring financial…

Latvia: Luminor bank invites clients to switch from code cards to safer security tools

Starting from July 2, Luminor bank will begin applying restrictions to payments made using code cards or GO3 code generators. “Because code cards will remain valid until September 10, clients will be able to gradually adapt to more secure authentication tools. Changes are planned because of stricter EU requirements towards clients’ digital authentication to increase…