AsiaUniversalBank is the largest commercial bank in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

, holding about a quarter of the combined assets and deposits reported by the entire Kyrgyz banking system. The bank

Bank

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 is highly regarded internationally, and has received a number of awards, from organizations such as The Banker

The Banker

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, Global Finance, The Asian Banker

The Asian Banker

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 and Euromoney.

Originally focused on corporate banking, AUB had recently actively expanded into retail banking and is the fastest growing mortgage provider in the country.

Presently AUB operates 90 branches in the Kyrgyz Republic and has representative offices in Riga

Riga

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, Latvia

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, Kiev

Kiev

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, Ukraine

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 and Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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.

AUB is the only company in the country to have received an international credit rating - particularly, from Moody's Investor Services. From Moody's press release - "Moody's Investors Service has assigned Caa2 long-term and not prime (NP) short-term foreign currency deposit ratings, a B3 long-term local currency deposit rating, and an E+ financial strength rating (FSR) to AsiaUniversalBank (AUB), Kyrgyz Republic."

External links

• АзияУниверсалБанк - official site in Russian
• AsiaUniversalBank - official site in English
• АзияУниверсалБанкы - official site in Kyrgyz
• AsiaUniversalBank - official site in Chinese
• AsiaUniversalBank - not official site in Kazhakhstan