History
Established 1979 as an off-shore bank authorised to carry out FX operations. In addition to the National Bank of Hungary, the bank's shareholders included leading European and Japanese banks: Banca Commerciale Italiana/Milan, Bayerische Vereinsbank/Munich, Creditanstalt Bankverein/Vienna, The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan/Tokyo, Société Générale/Paris and The Taiyo Kobe Bank/Kobe. The bank's ownership structure underwent a two-stage change in 1997-1998, and the former minority shareholder Banca Intesa (formerly: IntesaBci) became the exclusive owner of the bank. Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Italy's largest bank group, formed by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI and, on the basis of its market capitalisation, one of the most influential participants in the European financial markets, has been the parent bank of CIB Bank Ltd since January 1, 2007. On January 1, 2008 Inter-Europa Bank Zrt merged into Central-European International Bank Ltd (CIB Bank) and name changed as above
Bank’s shareholders
Intesa Sanpaolo Holding International SA (Luxembourg) - 67, 69%; Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Milan Italy) - 32,31%
Confidentiality
Judicial Cooperation Agreement with Russia is signed; Double Taxation Agreement with Russia is signed; AML legislation is strictly observed; Active member of OECD, FATF, Basel Commitee, Egmont Group etc.
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