Qazaq Banki provided comments on the current situation in the bank

19.04.18 15:43
/KASE, April 19, 2018/ – Qazaq Banki (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided the following press release to KASE: quote Qazaq Banki joint-stock company (hereinafter, the Bank) informs as follows about the meeting on the activities of the National Bank of Kazakhstan held on April 18, 2018. As at April 1, 2018, assets of Qazaq Banki amounted to KZT 339 bn including credit portfolio of KZT 273 bn. Liabilities amounted to KZT 290 bn including clients’ funds of KZT 190 bn. The Bank's shareholders' equity amounted to KZT 48 bn including share capital of KZT 39 bn. Operating revenue for 3 months of 2018 amounted to KZT 2,551 mln. Deterioration of some indicators of the Bank was primarily a consequence of poor quality of loans issued during the period from 2013 to 2016 when the Bank was managed by the persons appointed by Zh.Zh. Yertayev and B.Zh. Ibragim (major participant). Most of these loans were provided to borrowers that are directly related to the above persons. Also, there was an outflow of liquidity from the Bank at the end of 2017 amid developments with Bank RBK JSC, which was also managed by persons connected with Zh.Zh. Yertayev. unquote Full version of the press release is posted on the KASE website (in Russian) – http://kase.kz/files/emitters/SNBN/snbn_reliz_190418_1_.pdf [2018-04-19]