Asia Universal Bank
Now dissolved, Asia Universal Bank (AUB) was the largest commercial bank in Kyrgyzstan, holding about a quarter of the combined assets and deposits reported by the entire Kyrgyz banking system. The bank was highly regarded internationally, and received a number of awards, from organizations such as The Banker, Global Finance, The Asian Banker and Euromoney, but subsequently fell from grace.
Joint Stock Company | |
Industry | Banking |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
Key people | Nurdin Abdrazakov, CEO Bob Dole, Director |
Products | Financial services |
Website | www.aub.com www.aub.kg |
Originally focused on corporate banking, AUB had actively expanded into retail banking and was the fastest growing mortgage provider in the country. At the time of its existence AUB was the only company in the country to have received an international credit rating. However, following the fall of the Bakiyev regime the bank was nationalised following a wide scale money laundering scandal.
AUB operated 90 branches in the Kyrgyz Republic and had representative offices in Riga, Latvia, Kiev, Ukraine and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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