The National Bank of Ukraine has allowed businesses to invest abroad up to $2 million in equivalent on the basis of one currency license for one calendar year, whereas up to now the total amount of such transactions was $50,000 for one calendar month. According to the regulator, relevant resolution No. 51 dated June 8…
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings expects that Azerbaijan’s Kapital Bank OJSC will likely increase its already material market share, while its operating revenues continue increasing progressively and its profitability remains high, according to an S&P report. S&P confirmed the credit rating of the Azerbaijani bank at BB-/B level with a negative outlook. Meanwhile, the…
The process of consolidation of two Azerbaijani banks – AtaBank and Caspian Development Bank – has been completed, Chairman of AtaBank’s Management Board Dayanat Guliyev said on June 1. Guliyev noted that as a result of the consolidation, sufficient financial reserves were formed and the bank’s capital position had been strengthened. According to him, as…
The First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) holds the leading positions in the annual rating of “50 leading banks of Ukraine”, which is compiled by the online media Financial Club. According to the results of 2016, FUIB improved its positions in the general rating of banks by three points and took the 6th place. Several FUIB…
Restructuring of external debt of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has not affected the country’s banking sector and the interaction between other commercial banks, as well as between banks and their customers, said Zakir Nuriyev, head of Azerbaijan Banks Association (ABA). “The state has been fulfilling its obligations to IBA from the first day,…
International consulting company Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) will help two Tajik banks – Tojik Sodirot Bonk (TSB) and Agroinvestbonk – wriggle out of a tight financial situation. The company will work out the plan of recovery of these distressed banks. Issues related to the current state of TSB and Agroinvestbonk were discussed at a meeting…
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will cooperate with the private sector in Azerbaijan, whenever possible, to invest in infrastructure projects which meet the bank’s mandate, strategy and standard, a source in AIIB reported. The source added that mobilizing private capital was one of AIIB’s priority. “AIIB is interested in financing infrastructure investment projects in…