Ukraine: FUIB issues first e-license

First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) has become the first bank in Ukraine to issue an e-license. As of today, FUIB has issued 5 out of 11 e-licenses in Ukraine and is the leader in providing this service in Ukraine. On July 3, the National Bank started issuing personal licenses to individuals in electronic form through…

Ukraine: PrivatBank net profit up in Q1 2017

PrivatBank in January-March saw its net profit rise 3.52-fold, to UAH 744 million, the bank said in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market. Its net interest income increased by 22%, to UAH 959 million. After sending UAH 2.337 billion to the reserves for bad loans, the bank’s…

Latvia: Norvik Banka and Rietumu Banka fined

Finance and Capital Market Commission in cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counterproliferation Center found out in a target inspection that Latvian banks – Norvik Banka and Rietumu Banka – had not followed requirements of regulations for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism funding. Violations are associated with client evaluation, which includes transaction monitoring…

Uzbekistan: S&P affirms Ipoteka Bank’s rating

S&P Global Ratings affirmed its “B+/B” long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on Ipoteka Bank JSCM. The outlook is stable. The affirmation reflects S&P’s view that over the past two months Ipoteka Bank’s capitalization has significantly improved on the back of support received from the government of about Uzbekistani sum (UZS) 380.8 billion (about $95…