The International Bank of Azerbaijan-Georgia ("IBA-Georgia" for short) is a subsidiary bank of the International Bank of Azerbaijan located in Tbilisi, Georgia, founded in 2007.[1] It is one of three Azerbaijani banks operating in Georgia.[6] The bank is a member of the Association of Banks of Georgia.[7]
History
According to the United States - Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, the bank was founded with 100 percent foreign capital. Initially, $7 million in authorized shares were issued upon the bank's founding.[8] The bank was founded by the International Bank of Azerbaijan (owns 75%), the Azerbaijan Industrial Bank (12.5%), and a private individual (12.5%).[9]
2010: IBA-Georgia began to issue VISA International bank cards.[3]
2011: The bank became a member of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (known as BACEE).[10]
2012: The bank reached an annual growth rate of 71.3 percent. The bank's loan portfolio grew from GEL 57.1 million to GEL 97.7 million between 2011 and 2012.[5] By 2012, the bank had 1,462 corporate and individual customers.[5]
2014: IBA-Georgia increased its net profit by 13 percent over the previous year.[11]
People
The bank's leadership consists of executive management, the Supervisory Council, and the Board of Directors:
^SWIFT is an acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. A SWIFT code is special code that identifies a bank among the international banking community.[14]
^"Supervisory Council". International Bank of Azerbaijan - Georgia. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^"Board of Directors". International Bank of Azerbaijan - Georgia. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^"INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA Swift Codes in Georgia". Banks Help Online Banks Directory. Bankshelp.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014. Bank Identifier Code (BIC code) is assigned to each and every financial as well as non-financial bank or institutes. The BIC Code is also called as SWIFT Code because BIC Code is registered by The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). SWIFT Code is a standard format of Bank Identifier Codes (BIC). That is why SWIFT Code is also known as BIC Code or Swift BIC. SWIFT Code is a identification code assigned to a financial as well non-financial bank or institutes and it being used to transferring money and exchanging messages between banks or financial / non-financial institutes.