DUSHANBE, March 19, 2010, Asia-Plus – Over the first two months of this year, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk, which is one of the largest commercial banks in Tajikistan, has provided 109.471 million somoni in loans, which is 78.5 percent more than in the same period of last year (in January 2009, the bank provided some 61.345 somoni in loans), according to Agroinvestbonk’s head office in Dushanbe.
Over the same two-month period, Agroinvestbonk has provided microloans for more than 43.7 million somoni, which is 44.7 percent more than in the same period last year. Microloans accounted for 39.9 percent of the overall amount of loans provided by Agroinvestbonk in January-February this year.
Compared to January-February 2009, the dollar and Russian ruble (RR) remittances to the bank rose over the report period 1.8 and 25.4 percent respectively, while the euro remittances decreased by 7.5 percent.
Physical entities have remitted US$45,798,688, €299,935 and RR 931,962,513 to the bank in January-February 2010.
Attracted resources and loans rose 44 percent in the year to February 28, 2010, reaching some 815.5 million somoni.
Agroinvestbonk’s assets rose 58.5 percent in the year to February 28, 2010, reaching some 1.313 billion somoni and its liabilities rose 58 percent over the report, reaching more than 1.058 billion somoni. As of February 28, 2010, the bank’s capital amounted to more than 255.6 million somoni.
Founded in 1992, Agroinvestbonk, with headquarters in Dushanbe, has main branches in Khorog, Khujand, Kulob and Qurghon Teppa and 61 other branches across the republic.
