OREANDA-NEWS. On December 19, 2008 the President of the Republic of Belarus signed Decree No 694 which transforms the republican unitary company "Banking Technologies Centre" into an open joint-stock company, reported the Official website http://president.gov.by.

The authorised capital of the new joint-stock company will be around Br 2.31 billion.

The National Bank of Belarus will be the main shareholder of the new joint-stock company, holding 51 per cent of the authorised fund.

The main goal of the reorganization of the unitary company into a joint-stock company is to implement the state policy of promoting and applying information technologies in the banking sector and creating a single information space.