Delta Bank’s license for banking and other stock market transactions and activities such as accepting deposits, opening bank accounts of individuals and legal entities suspended by National Bank until November 2, 2017

04.08.17 15:03
/KASE, August 4, 2017/ – Delta Bank (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with an statement to announce that "on August 3, 2017 the Bank received a resolution of the National Bank to suspend of a license for banking and other stock market transactions and activities issued to Delta Bank such as accepting deposits, opening bank accounts of individuals and legal entities". Full statement is posted on KASE website– http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/NFBN/nfbn_other_doc_030817.PDF The National Bank’s statement on "Delta Bank’s license for banking and other stock market transactions and activities such as accepting deposits, opening bank accounts of individuals and legal entities" dated August 3, 2017 is as follows: quote Delta Bank’s license for banking and other stock market transactions and activities such as accepting deposits, opening bank accounts of individuals and legal entities was suspended as of August 4, 2017 until November 2, 2017 by the National Bank’s resolution No. 152 of July 31, 2017 This decision was taken by the National Bank within the framework of the supervisory response to certain violations by the Bank in the field of the banking law and the need to improve the internal control systems, on the grounds provided for in sub-clauses в) and г) of clause 1) the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Banks and Banking Activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan" for repeated (three or more times during the twelve consecutive calendar months) improper performance of contractual obligations under the payment and transfer transactions and repeated (three and more times during the twelve consecutive calendar months) violation of prudential standards and (or) other mandatory standards and limits. The license was suspended as to the new deposits and new bank accounts for individuals and legal entities and does not concern the existing deposits and the Bank’s clients. As of July 1, 2017, the deposits of individuals opened with Delta Bank are KZT0.25 bln, deposits of legal entities are KZT85.6 bln. The Bank's deposit portfolio takes 0.5% of the total deposits within the banking sector. For more information, please call: +7 (727) 270 45 85 e-mail: press@nationalbank.kz www.nationalbank.kz unquote [2017-08-04]