To Be or Not to Be for Atrabank
On November 26, there is scheduled an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Atrabank.
According to the bank, the agenda includes the issue of increasing the bank's equity to 50 million manat and other issues related to the current activity. As of October 24, 2014 the Bank's equity is equal to 35.874 million manat. As is known, according to the decision of the Central Bank, by 1 January 2015, the minimum equity capital of banks in Azerbaijan should be equivalent to 50 million manat, otherwise they will have to become non-bank credit organizations, choose another type of financial activity or consolidate with other banks.
AtraBank JSC was established in 1991. Its shareholders are more than 30 individuals. --17D-
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