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October 21, 2004 International Moscow Bank to open branch in Chelyabinsk. Thus, the IMB will be the first commercial bank with foreign capital, opening a full branch in the region of Russia. So far, the city functioned the Bank .
IMB representative in Chelyabinsk was opened in April 2003, and the incomplete one and a half years of work have been significant achievements. Clients of the Bank are more than two dozen large and medium-sized enterprises (among them «Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works», JSC «Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant», JSC «Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical The plant», JSC «Magnezit», OJSC «McFee» and others) , the volume of loans granted to companies in the region rose more than doubled, amounting to 1 September this year, 1.8 billion rubles. Particularly fruitful has been the Bank's collaboration with companies working in the field of grain, most of whom were clients of IMB.
Creating a branch in Chelyabinsk allow IMB to offer in the regional market proven successful in the markets of Moscow and St. Petersburg retail products: car , mortgage loans , loans to small and medium businesses , consumer credit . Branch also intends to develop and strengthen relations with the corporate clientele.
At the opening of a branch in Chelyabinsk IMB will attend Members of the Board of Directors Bank who are representatives Europe's leading financial institutions (HVB-Group, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, BCEN-Eurobank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development).
IMB was established in Moscow on 19 October 1989. He is the first and the largest Russian commercial banks with the participation of international capital. Current shareholders IMB - the leading foreign and Russian banks: HipoFeraynsbank AG (the second ; largest bank of Germany) - 43,2%, Nordea (the largest in Northern Europe, the bank group) - 21.6%, Eurobank (France) - 20%, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - 10 , 2%, Sberbank of Russia - 2,1%.
on 23 September 2004 at extraordinary shareholders' meeting IMB was decided to increase the authorized capital of almost 3 billion rubles (eq 100 million U.S. dollars) through the issuance of additional ordinary shares and preference shares. As a result of this decision, the total amount of fixed capital (capital Level 1) will exceed 9.5 billion rubles, the equivalent of 320 million U.S. dollars (according to IFRS). The additional capital will allow PSA to increase significantly the volume of lending to corporate customers, to accelerate the development of regional networks, as well as expand the range of services for retail business.
IMB - it is a universal commercial bank and one of the 10 largest banks in Russia and the 1000 largest banks in the world. Among the banks registered in Russia, the IMB is one of the highest credit ratings from the international rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings. 11 October 2004 IMB individual rating was upgraded by international agency Fitch Ratings to «C/D». Increasing the rating reflects the growth of bank profitability, improving the quality of the Bank's sources of income, the gradual decrease in the concentration and the continued increase in customer base. |
