“Altyn Bank JSC financed Belinvestbank JSC (Belarus) in the amount of 3.5 million Euros within the syndicated loan. The transaction was organized by the Eurasian Development Bank as a credit manager and a participating bank. Also JSC „Joint-Stock Commercial Bank „Novikombank“ (Russia), TRANSCAPITALBANK Public Joint-Stock Company (Russia) were included in the interbank syndicate.
The total loan amount for one year was 20 million Euros. The funds will be used to finance the trading contracts of Belinvestbank’s clients related to the supply of goods, equipment and services from Russia to Belarus.
“”We are interested in placing currency liquidity in international markets and plan to develop this area. This is our first transaction within the framework of the syndicated lending at the interstate level and this experience will be very useful for us,“ said Marat Almenov, Chairman of the Management Board of Altyn Bank.
“”The Eurasian Development Bank has now served for the first time the organizer of the syndicated loan, and it is of great importance for us that the banks of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia have gathered under our “umbrella“. It is also important that the allocated funds will be used to finance the movement of goods and services between the EDB states,” said Dmitry Ladikov-Roev, Asset and Liability Managing Director of the Eurasian Development Bank.
“”The attraction of the syndicated loan was another step in the diversification of the resource base of Belinvestbank. In addition, the further development of cooperation with international financial institutions makes it possible to attract additional resources to the economy of Belarus, including for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in our country, the segment which should be one of the economic growth drivers in the future,“ says Andrei Brishtelev, Chairman of the Board of Belinvestbank JSC.
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Altyn Bank JSC (DB China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited), in the past, HSBC Bank Kazakhstan JSC has been working for 20 years in the financial market of Kazakhstan. The Bank occupies 14-th place according to its assets among the commercial banks and has the highest ratings (Fitch – “BBB-”, Moody’s – “Ba2”). Altyn Bank JSC launched the first full-scale digital bank Altyn-i in Kazakhstan with a full range of financial services for individuals. Altyn Bank JSC is a universal commercial bank and serves corporate and retail customers. The bank has 4 branches in Almaty, Astana, Atyrau and Aktau and 2 additional branches in Almaty.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is an international financial institution established by Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 with the aim of promoting the development of the market economy of the member – states, their sustainable economic growth and the expansion of mutual trade and economic ties. The charter capital of the EDB is $ 7 billion. The Bank’s member – states are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Belinvestbank JSC is one of the largest systemic banks in the Republic of Belarus. The bank is among the six leaders in terms of assets and resource (client) base. It has an extensive regional network and is one of the largest issuers of bank payment cards in the country. Belinvestbank successfully combines vast experience and traditions accumulated over a 26-year history of development with the introduction of modern business practices”