BTA Bank

BTA Bank JSC

Native name	БТА Банкі
Type	Joint-stock company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1991 (1991)
Headquarters	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Key people	Yelena Bakhmutova (Chairman of the board of directors), Kadyrzhan Damitov (Chairman of the Management Board)
Services	All types of banking activities
Profit	KZT 15.6 bln. (30 June 2013)
Total assets	KZT 1,621 bln.
Total equity	KZT 287.4 bln. (30 June 2013)
Website	bta.kz%20bta.kz, бта.қаз%20бта.қаз

BTA Bank (Kazakh: БТА) (BTA Bank Joint-Stock Company in full) is a Kazakhstan bank with headquarters in Almaty. As of 2013 it was the third largest lender by assets.^[1]

History

First stage

Bank Turan Alem logo

On 15 October 1925 Presidium of Central Council of the Kazakhstan national economy ruled to open the department of Promyshlennyi (Industrial) Bank (Prombank).^[2]

During the soviet period the bank has undergone several reorganizations. In 1991 it was re-established as Turanbank, the Kazakh Republican Bank of the State commercial industrial and construction bank. In 1991 Turanbank was established on its basis. In 1992 the bank was renamed to Alem Bank Kazakhstan, the Bank of foreign economic activities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On 15 January 1997 Bank TuranAlem Closed Joint-Stock Company was established in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On reorganization of the Kazakh joint-stock bank Turanbank and joint-stock bank AlemBank Kazakhstan". On 1 October 1998 Bank TuranAlem CJSC was renamed to Bank TuranAlem OJSC and then to Bank TuranAlem JSC.

In spring 2008 the bank made rebranding, which resulted in the change of the name, logo and corporate identity of the bank. Currently BTA Bank JSC name is not perceived as an acronym anymore.

Events between 2009–2012

In February 2009 Samruk-Kazyna Fund purchased 75.1% of BTA Bank's shares as part of contingency measures of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As the result the bank gained additional capital of KZT 251.3 bln.

During 2009–2010 BTA Bank has completed restructuring of its certain financial indebtedness. As the result the bank's indebtedness decreased from $16.65 bln. to $4.2 bln, Samruk-Kazyna Fund's share in the capital increased up to 81.48%, both domestic and foreign creditors became the Bank's shareholders holding 18.5% in the capital.

Due to aggravation of the Bank's financial status during 2011, relative shortage of liquid assets and negative financial performance, in 2012 BTA Bank started the second restructuring which resulted in cancellation of the Bank's certain financial indebtedness. In consideration, the creditors received $1,618 cash and $750 mln. New Notes.

BTA Bank also entered into a revised Revocable Committed Trade Finance Facility (RCTFF) with liabilities amounting to around $348 mln. as of the restructuring date. Samruk-Kazyna Fund extended $1.592 bln. loan to BTA Bank JSC subordinated to the New Notes and RCTFF.

During the restructuring BTA Bank was recapitalized for around $10 bln. Share of Samruk-Kazyna in the Bank's equity increased up to 97.3%. Creditors' share amounted to 2.5%, share of minority shareholders, who held shares prior to 2009–2010 restructuring, amounted to 0.2% of the Bank's shares in aggregate.

Events after 2013

After successful completion of rather difficult and scaled restructuring process BTA Bank focused on restoration of its former market positions and currently is a stable and sustainable financial institution. During the first six months of 2013 BTA Bank received KZT 15.579 bln. of net income (unaudited interim condensed consolidated IFRS statements).

In June 2013 The board of directors terminated powers of Mr. Yerik Balapanov who chaired the Bank's Management Board since April 2012 upon his own initiative. On 5 August 2013 Mr. Kadyrzhan Damitov was appointed as the Chairman of the Management Board of the Bank

In February 2014 it was announced that the BTA Bank and Kazkommertsbank will merge by the end of the largest bank in Central Asia. The Kazkommertsbank will take over 46.5 percent of BTA shares of the Kazakh state holding company Samruk-Kazyna, another 46.5 percent will buy the current chairman Kenes Rakischew, one of the largest private investors in Kazakhstan. The Kazkommerzbank and Rakischew will acquire its shares for each 72 billion Tenge (about 465 million US dollars). [8]

Activities

BTA Bank provides a wide range of banking services to individuals, SMEs, and major corporate customers. The bank’s branch network includes 19 branches and over 170 outlets around Kazakhstan. International representative offices of the bank are located in Russia, Great Britain and China. BTA's banking networks are spread around Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey.

BTA's modern technologic infrastructure enables the customers to make most transactions remotely at any convenient time. BTA's alternative service channels network includes over 880 ATMs, over 1,130 POS-terminal in trade and service outlets, 170 self-service terminals, BTA24 round-the-clock online service and SMS-banking.

Financial performance

According to the audited consolidated statements, as of 31 December 2012 the Group's assets amounted to KZT 1.6 trln., loan portfolio (net) — KZT 645 bln., liabilities – KZT 1.3 trln., equity – KZT 268.6 bln. The Group's net income for 2012 amounted to KZT 370.3 bln.

According to unaudited interim condensed consolidated IFRS statements as of 30 June 2013 the Group's assets amounted to KZT 1,621 bln., loan portfolio (net) – KZT 636 bln., liabilities – 1,334 bln., equity – KZT 287.4 bln. Net income of the Group for the first 6 months of 2013 amounted to KZT 15.6 bln.

Shareholders and management

Major shareholder of BTA Bank is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan represented by Samruk-Kazyna JSC, which holds 97.3% of common shares in the Bank as the result of 2009–2012 restructurings. BTA Bank's creditors who converted former liabilities to new notes and shares hold 2.5% of common shares in the Bank. Minority shareholders who held Bank's shares prior to 2010 restructuring hold in aggregate 0.2% of the Bank’s shares.^[3]

Previously 58% of the Bank's shares were held by a group of Kazakh businessmen led by Mukhtar Ablyazov, another 11% were held by the family of late Yerzhan Tatishev, minority stakes were held by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IFC and FMO.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank is Yelena Bakhmutova,^[4] Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC (since 15 February 2013). Since 5 August 2013, the Chairman of the Management Board was Kadyrzhan Damitov.^[5] On 14 February 2014, Kenes Rakishev was elected as a Chairman of the Board of Directors.^[4]

Structure

BTA conglomerate is represented in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, China, Turkey, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia.^[6]

References

External links

bta.kz

Strategic partner banks

Other companies in BTA Group

Index KASE

Bank CenterCredit Halyk Bank KAZ Minerals Kazakhtelecom KazMunaiGas EP KazTransOil Kcell KEGOC

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