Bank CenterCredit OJSC (Kazakhstan) informed about main results of activity as of July 1 of this year

/IRBIS, July 21, 03/ - Bank CenterCredit OJSC (Almaty), whose securities are circulating in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "А" listing category, spread today press-release, which contained information about the main results of its activity for the first half-year of 2003. According to the spread press-release net profit of Bank CenterCredit OJSC for the first half-year of 2003 increased in comparison with similar period of 2002 3 times to KZT463 m. Sum of interest incomes for the mentioned period equaled to KZT1.719 bn., commission and revenues, not concerned with receiving of interest - KZT923 m. Assets of Bank CenterCredit OJSC in the first half-year of 2003 rose by 30% to KZT66.2 bn., shareholders' equity - by 23% to KZT7.6 bn., authorized capital as of July 1 of 2003 was equal to KZT4.2 bn., having increased in comparison with data as of July 1 of 2002 by 64%. According to the bank's message as of July 1 of 2003 it had 19 branches and 62 cash-settlement offices all over Kazakhstan. Bank CenterCredit OJSC has long-term rating on banking deposits in foreign currency Ва2 from rating agency Moody's Investors Service and long-term rating В+ from rating agency Fitch Ratings. [2003-07-21]