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TBC Bank

TBC Bank (Georgian: თიბისი ბანკი) is a Georgian bank headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. The name, TBC Bank, traces its root to its original name, Tbilisi Business Centre, dating back to 1992. Currently, TBC is registered as the official name of the bank, not just an abbreviation of the original name.[4]

TBC Bank
Georgian: თიბისი ბანკი
Company typeJoint Stock Company
IndustryBanking, Financial services
Founded1992
Headquarters
Tbilisi
,
Georgia
Area served
Key people
Arne Berggren (chairman)[1]
Vakhtang Butskhrikidze (CEO)[2]
ProductsCredit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management
RevenueIncrease GEL1,635.8 million (2023)[3]
Increase GEL1,333.8 million (2023)[3]
Increase GEL1,140.0 million (2023)[3]
Total assetsIncrease GEL32.965 billion (2023)[3]
Total equityIncrease GEL4.820 billion (2023)[3]
DivisionsCorporate Banking, Retail Banking, SME Banking, Micro Banking
Subsidiaries
  • Bank Constanta
  • TBC Credit
  • TBC Leasing
  • TBC Invest
  • TBC Broker
  • Real Estate Management Fund
  • TBC Pay
  • UFC
  • BSSC
Websitetbcbank.ge

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

History

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The history of TBC Bank dates back to 1992 when two Georgian businessmen Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, along with other Georgian partners founded the bank, Tbilisi Business Centre, abbreviated as TBC. They established the bank with an initial capital of $500, which was the amount required to establish the bank in Georgia in the early 1990s.[5] The bank was licensed by the NBG (General banking license No. 85) on January 20, 1993, and was granted another license to conduct international transactions in May 1993.[6][7]

In 1995, the bank was operating with one branch and 29 employees, its total assets amounting to $1.4 million. Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, who joined the bank in 1993, was appointed to the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of TBC in 1995, and has remained in that position since his appointment.[8]

On 11 June 2014, the London Stock Exchange welcomed TBC Bank to the Main Market following its listing of Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). The Bank raised $239m at IPO, giving it a market value of $640m. TBC Bank IPO was also the largest IPO from Georgia and the largest international off-index IPO from the EMEA region.[9][10][11]

In January 2019, the bank announced that it was being investigated by the National Bank of Georgia over the legality of certain transactions entered into in 2007 and 2008.[12]

In February 2019, the bank was instructed by the National Bank of Georgia to ask its chairman and deputy chairman to stand down on the basis of violation of the legislation regulating conflict of interests.[13]

The bank gained a banking licence in Uzbekistan in 2019, and acquired a 51% stake in the Uzbek payment provider, Payme, in the same year.[14]

Operations

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TBC Bank, Tbilisi
 
TBC Bank, Kutaisi

TBC Leasing

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TBC Bank established JSC TBC Leasing, headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia, in January 2004 with total assets of GEL 0.5 million. The Bank currently owns an 89.5% equity interest in TBC Leasing, with the remainder being held by the EBRD.[15]

TBC Credit

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TBC Bank acquired a 75.0% equity interest in TBC Credit in late 2007. The company was formerly known as SOA Kredit, a non-banking credit organization operating in the Micro and SME (MSME) financial services market in Azerbaijan since 1999.[16]

TBC Invest

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Established at the beginning of 2011, TBC Invest is a wholly owned subsidiary of JSC TBC Bank. It operates in the Israeli market, serving as an intermediary between Israeli clients and TBC Bank.[17]

My.GE

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TBC Bank acquired a majority stake in a Georgian e-commerce platform known as My.GE in August 2019.[18]

TBC Insurance

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In 2016, TBC Group acquired insurance company Kopenbur and established a new company, TBC Insurance.[19]

Social responsibility

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As part of the bank's social responsibility projects, TBC Bank founded TBC Fund to help victims of the 2008 war in Georgia.[20] The Bank established TBC Fund with GEL 5 million and, shortly after, raised an additional GEL 3 million for its programs.[21]

TBC Bank also co-founded the annual literature award, SABA, aimed at rewarding the best literature works of the year since 2003.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Board of Directors". TBC Bank. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Vakhtang Butskhrikidze (2016-11-11). "Vakhtang Butskhrikidze: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Annual Results 2023" (PDF). TBC Bank. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Welcome - TBC Bank". tbcbank.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. ^ Gorst, Isabel (31 October 2007). "Banking, bricks and water". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
  6. ^ "TBC Bank". ifc.org. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ^ "TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia - head office, address, phone, website and SWIFT-BIC codes". banksdaily.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Vakhtang Butskhrikidze". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. ^ Sergey Gevenov. "TBC Bank on the London Stock Exchange". georgiatoday.ge. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Agenda.ge - Georgia's TBC Bank welcomed to London Stock Exchange opening market". agenda.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  11. ^ "TBC hopes to deflect Russian fears with $300m LSE listing". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  12. ^ "TBC Bank says unit being investigated by Georgia central bank". Reuters. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  13. ^ "TBC Bank Chair And Deputy Chair Asked To Resign From Unit By Regulator". Caucasus Business Week. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  14. ^ "TBC Bank acquires leading Uzbek payment platform Payme". Uz Daily. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Welcome - TBC Bank". tbcbank.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  16. ^ "EBRD supports financing to micro, small and medium enterprises in Azerbaijan". EBRD. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  17. ^ "TBC INVEST". tbcinvest.co.il. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  18. ^ "TBC Group Buys Majority Stake in Georgian E-Commerce Platform MY.GE for GEL 19.5 million". Business Media Georgia. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  19. ^ "ABOUT US". TBC INSURANCE.
  20. ^ "TBC Fund". tbcfund.ge. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Caucasus Nature Fund - TBC Bank Partners with the Caucasus Nature Fund". Caucasus Nature Fund. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  22. ^ "Saba". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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