Bulgaria Banks
Allianz |
Allianz (help·info) SE (formerly AG, FWB: ALV, NYSE: AZ) is a large financial services provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core business and focus is insurance. With €102.6 billion of revenue during 2007, Allianz is the largest international insurance and financial services organization in the world. Allianz has recently (August 2008) announced plans to sell its ownership of Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank, largely for shares. As a result of this proposed merger, Allianz will end up with a 30% controlling stake in the combined Commerzbank/Dresdner. Allianz is also the principal sponsor of the Swiss Open tennis tournament and owner of Gornik Zabrze great football team. |
Alpha Bank
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Alpha Bank is the second largest bank in Greece with 450 branches throughout the country. It also has a subsidiary and branch in London, and branches and subsidiaries throughout the Balkans (see "International expansion" below).
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Alpha Bank Bulgaria |
Alpha Bank opened its first office in Sofia in 1995. At the end of Year 2006 are opened 45 offices and the trend is for increasing the number up to 80 at the end of 2007 and up to 110 at the end of 2008. |
Association of Banks in Bulgaria
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The Association of Commercial Banks was established on 9 April 1992 at the city of Plovdiv. It is one of the first branch non-profit organizations in Republic of Bulgaria, seated in Sofia, 12 Batenberg Str. Founders are forty seven commercial banks.
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BNP Paribas |
BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665) is one of the main banks in Europe. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. Together with Société Générale and Crédit Lyonnais (now known as LCL), it is one of the "three old" banks of France. It is a constituent of the CAC 40 index. On 9 August 2007, BNP Paribas announced that it could not fairly value the underlying assets in three funds as a result of exposure to U.S. subprime mortgage lending markets. Faced with potentially massive (though unquantifiable) exposure, the European Central Bank (ECB) immediately stepped in to ease market worries by opening lines of €96.8 billion (then US$130 billion) in low-interest credit. The long term debt of the group is currently ranked AA+ by S&P, Aa1 by Moody's and AA by Fitch. |
BNP Paribas Bulgaria
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Sofia Branch is a leading commercial and investment bank in the country. It serves large and medium-sized corporate and institutional clients, spanning over the major sectors in the economy.
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Bulbank |
UniCredit Bulbank is the largest bank of Bulgaria. Before 1994, the bank was known as the Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank or BFTB. UniCredit Bulbank was formed in 2007 as a merger between Bulbank, Biochim, and Hebros Bank, all of them owned by the UniCredit Group. |
Bulbank AD
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Bulbank is leader on the banking market in terms of net profit and shareholders equity. Since 2001 Bulbank is actively penetrating the individual and household banking sector. The Bank continues to expand its position on the credit market keeping the high quality of the assets.
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Bulgarian National Bank |
The Bulgarian National Bank (Bulgarian: Българска народна банка, Balgarska narodna banka) is the central bank of the Republic of Bulgaria and one of the oldest central banks in the world, established on 25 January 1879. The BNB is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government's currency reserves. The BNB is also the sole owner of the Bulgarian Mint. The current governor is Ivan Iskrov. |
Commercial Bank Biochim Plc.
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Commercial Bank Biochim Plc. was established as a result of the September 1995 merger of the three then largest Bulgarian banks: Commercial Bank Biochim (1987), Commercial Bank Sofiabank (1993) and Commercial Bank Serdika (1995). Commercial Bank Biochim is a legal entity succeeded to the assets and liabilities of the three amalgamated banks, which terminated their activities without liquidation.
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Corporate Commercial Bank AD |
Corporate Commercial Bank AD is one of the most dynamic Bulgarian banks, offering to its customers the full spectre of banking services. Combining the banking traditions of Burov and the busy pace typical of present-day life, the Bank is striving to be in step with the requirements and needs of its customers – it is for good reason that our motto is “Customers are dear to us”. |
DSK Bank |
DSK Bank (Bulgarian: Банка ДСК, Banka DSK; formerly Държавна спестовна каса, Darzhavna spestovna kasa — State Savings Bank) is a major Bulgarian bank. It has been owned by the Hungarian OTP Bank since 2003, being transformed into a joint-stock company in 1999, and was founded in 1951 as the country's savings bank. |
Emporiki Bank
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The Emporiki Bank (Greek: Εμπορική Τράπεζα) is a Greek bank. Its headquarters is in Athens, and the bank has hundreds of branches across Greece, as well as operations in a number of other countries. The bank is one of the 500 largest banks in the world. In August, 2006, the french bank Crédit Agricole, acquired 72% of its capital and now controls the bank.
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First Investment Bank (Bulgaria) |
First Investment Bank AD aspires to be one of the finest banks in Bulgaria and the Balkan region, recognised as a rapidly growing, innovative, customer-oriented bank that delivers outstanding products and services, ensures excellent careers for its people, and contributes to the community. The Bank aims at developing, through sister banks and/or subsidiaries, a regional banking network to service the requirements of business needs in the Balkan region. |
Hebros
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ING Bank |
ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING, Euronext: INGA) (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING stands for Internationale Nederlanden Groep.
As of 2007, ING Group covers 75 million private, corporate and institutional clients in 50 countries with a workforce of over 120,000 people. It has offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and United States. It owns ING Direct, a virtual bank with operations in Australia, Canada, Spain, UK, USA and elsewhere. In the 2008 Forbes Global 2000, ING was the ninth-largest company in the world.
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Piraeus Bank
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Piraeus Bank Group, is a Greek bank founded in 1916, that went through a period of state ownership and management (1975-1991) before it was privatised in December 1991. Since then, it has continuously grown in size and activities. The Piraeus Bank group of companies engages in financial and banking activities not only in Greece, but also in the areas of Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the financial centres of London and New York. Piraeus Bank Group possesses particular know-how in the sections of retail banking, small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), capital markets, investment banking, leasing, real estate and financing of the shipping sector. Piraeus Bank Group has a constantly expanding network with more than 300 branches in Greece, 14 branches in New York,1 in the UK, 80 branches in Romania, 72 in Bulgaria, 38 in Albania, 38 in Serbia and 40 in Egypt. Piraeus Bank Group has recently completed the acquisition of a Ukrainian Bank that has 133 points of presence. In addition, a representative office of Piraeus Bank operates in Moscow.
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Postbank
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Postbank is a leading universal Bulgarian Bank. Throughout the broad network of over 140 offices and presence in more than 2000 post offices we provide best quality services to our clients
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Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria
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SG EXPRESSBANK |
SG ExpressBank is a private bank operating in Bulgaria. It is an affiliate company of SOCIETE GENERALE (one of the top 20 banks in the world). |
United Bulgarian Bank
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United Bulgarian Bank (Bulgarian: Обединена българска банка, Obedinena balgarska banka, abbreviated ОББ, UBB) is a Bulgarian bank founded in 1992 through the merger of 22 regional banks, marking the first and most large-scale consolidation in Bulgarian banking. Privatised in 1997, it has a network of 123 branches worldwide and is one of the leaders in the market in the country, particularly strong in the credit cards sector. UBB has a Fitch Ratings long-term rating of BBB ("stable") and short-term rating of F3 ("fair quality"). Standard & Poor's' valuation is BBB- long-term and A3 short-term.
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