Tuesday, August 23 2011 15:30
Credit Bank increases its share in the capital of "Anelik Bank" up to 69,5%
Arminfo. The Lebanese Credit Bank has increased its share in the capital of "Anelik Bank" from 51% up to 69,5% thanks to purchasing of the package of shares of Artur Arakelyan - 12,25% and a part of Armen Kazaryan's shares - 6,25%.
As the head of the Credit Bank office Stepan Melikyan told Arminfo correspondent, as a result of bargain Armen Kazaryan's share in the capital of "Anelik Bank" decreased to 6%. He also added that at present Kazaryan is not chairman of the board of the commercial bank "Anelik RU", and Aleksandr Voronin is its acting chairman. "This will not affect further activity of the Anelik RU. On the contrary, we shall take all the efforts to develop and increase the geography of the system of the Anelik money transfer including in the countries of t5he Arab world", - Melikyan said and added that by purchasing the above mentioned packages of shares Credit Bank is not going to become a single shareholder of "Anelik Bank".
According to the Ranking of commercial banks prepared by Arminfo, as of 1 July 2011 "Anelik Bank" occupied the 5th place in the banking system of the country for the size of the authorized capital - 14.3 bln drams. The assets of the bank amounted to 63.6 bln drams, credit portfolio - 35.8 bln drams and total capital - 15.9 bln drams. According to the results of the first half year the bank ensured vet profit - 32.4 mln drams. At the end of Sept5ember or at the beginning of November the bank is going to move to the new building of the head office in Yerevan, Melikyan said.
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