Currency reserves of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) increased by $42.1 million (0.97%) to $4,369.3 million in February as compared to January, the CBA said in a message on March 1. CBA’s reserves increased by 8.5% in February as compared to the same month of 2016. Currency reserves of the CBA decreased by $1,042.3…
Tajikistan’s central bank late last week announced it was pulling the licenses of two of its troubled banks and was trying to work out how to compensate account-holders. That decision, publicized on February 24, comes only weeks after the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) committed to spending tens of millions of dollars on refinancing the…
The International Bank of Tajikistan (IBT) has opened its banking service in Kulob. The IBT’s banking service center reportedly offers the following services to its customers: money transfer; currency exchange; loaning; deposit keeping; plastic card transactions; and so forth. The closed joint-stock company “International Bank of Tajikistan” was established in February 2016, as the microfinance…
The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan on February 27, decided to retain the size of the bank rate of 5%, its deputy chairman Nurbek Zhenish said. The decision was made on the basis of social and economic development of the country in February. It is noted that inflation dynamics in Kyrgyzstan now was…
The World Bank (WB) maintains interest in the creation of a Development Bank in Azerbaijan, Angela Prigozhina, the WB senior financial sector specialist, declared. “We do not abandon this idea – there are a huge number of other state financial institutions, including funds and agencies that are engaged in lending to the economy and support…
After tests conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) a total of 36 banks are to reduce credits issued to affiliated persons, the NBU has reported on its website. “After tests it has been identified that the largest credit risks for debts of affiliated persons were higher than the requirement at 44 banks. As…
The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has withdrawn licenses from two bailed-out banks – Tajprombank (Tajik Joint-Stock Commercial Industrial Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and Fononbank. By Tajik central bank’s decision their licenses for carrying out banking activities were withdrawn on February 24. The NBT notes that other directions of activities of those two organizations…