TBC Bank

TBC Bank
Joint Stock Company
Industry Banking, Financial services
Founded 1992
Headquarters Tbilisi, Georgia
Area served
 Georgia, Israel, Azerbaijan
Key people
 Mamuka Khazaradze
(Chairman)
Badri Japaridze
(Vice-Chairman)
Vakhtang Butskhrikidze
(CEO)
Products Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management
Revenue US$ 409 million (2014)[1]
US$ 183 million (2014)[1]
US$ 158 million (2014)[1]
Total assets US$ 5,423 million (2014)[1]
Total equity US$ 1,019 million (2014)[1]
Divisions Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, SME Banking, Micro Banking
Subsidiaries Bank Constanta, TBC Kredit, TBC Leasing, TBC Invest, TBC Broker, Real Estate Management Fund, TBC Pay, UFC, BSSC
Website tbcbank.ge

TBC Bank is a leading Georgian universal bank headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. It provides services to over 700,000 customers in its four business segments: corporate, retail, SME and micro. It is the second largest bank in the country by assets and the market leader in the retail segment.

The bank together with its subsidiaries employs over 3,000 people and operates mainly in Georgia. It also has established an expanding network within the region through its subsidiaries, TBC Kredit in Azerbaijan, TBC Invest in Israel and Bank "Constanta" in Georgia.

On 11 June 2014, 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.[2][3][4]

TBC Bank is rated by Fitch Rating Agency and Moody’s Investor Services. Current ratings are BB- (Long Term IDR)/ B (Short Term IDR) rating assigned by Fitch and B1 (FC)/ Ba3 (LC) assigned by Moody’s. The most recent upgrades took place in 2012 and 2011. In June 2012, Fitch upgraded TBC Bank’s Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR), to ‘BB-’ from ‘B+’, with a Stable Outlook. At the same time, the agency has upgraded the bank’s Viability Rating (VR) to ‘BB-’ from ‘B+’. Earlier in 2011, Moody’s also upgraded the Bank Deposit Foreign Currency Rating from B3 to B1 and Bank Financial Strength Rating from E + to D-.

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.[5]

History

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.[6] 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.[7][8]

TBC Bank Headquarters - 7 Marjanishvili, Tbilisi, Georgia

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.[9]

Subsidiaries

Bank Constanta

TBC Bank entered the lucrative microfinance segment by acquiring an 80% equity interest in Bank Constanta, one of the leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) on the Georgian market. Later in 2014 TBC Bank ownership reached 100% of Bank Constanta.[10][11]

TBC Leasing

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.[12]

TBC Kredit

TBC Bank acquired a 75.0% equity interest in TBC Kredit 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.[13]

TBC Invest

Established in 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.[14]

Social Responsibility

As part of the Bank’s social responsibility projects, TBC Bank founded TBC Fund to help victims of the 2008 war in Georgia.[15] The Bank established TBC Fund with GEL 5 million and, shortly after, raised an additional GEL 3 million for its programs.[16]

TBC Bank also co-founded the annual literature award, SABA, aimed at rewarding the best literature works of the year since 2003.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Financial highlights". TBC Bank. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Sergey Gevenov. "TBC Bank on the London Stock Exchange". georgiatoday.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Agenda.ge - Georgia’s TBC Bank welcomed to London Stock Exchange opening market". agenda.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "TBC hopes to deflect Russian fears with $300m LSE listing". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Welcome - TBC Bank". tbcbank.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Banking, bricks and water". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "TBC Bank". ifc.org. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia - head office, address, phone, website and SWIFT-BIC codes". banksdaily.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Vakhtang Butskhrikidze". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Sergey Gevenov. "TBC Bank buys into Bank Constanta". georgiatoday.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "TBC to Acquire 100% of Shares of Bank Constanta". londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Welcome - TBC Bank". tbcbank.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "EBRD supports financing to micro, small and medium enterprises in Azerbaijan". EBRD. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "TBC INVEST". tbcinvest.co.il. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "TBC Fund". tbcfund.ge. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Caucasus Nature Fund - TBC Bank Partners with the Caucasus Nature Fund". Caucasus Nature Fund. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Saba". Retrieved 21 April 2015.