OREANDA-NEWS. September 28, 2009. Kazkommertsbank (Almaty), the listed company of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following press release, reported the press-centre of KASE:
 
In compliance with the official message of the internal magazine Global Finance (www.gfmag.com) Kazkommertsbank was called the best bank of Kazakhstan in 2009 among 102 winners of the annual Best Emerging Market Banks survey.

"We are experiencing the period of changes difficult for banks and their clients", - said Joseph Giarraputo, the issuer of "Global Finance", - "Today, as never, clients made high demands to the competence of banks and we defined the best banks in this area".

The selection criteria include the profitability, strategic relations, competitiveness and innovations of products, clients servicing quality.

In the special issue the Global Finance also emphasized that Kazkommertsbank plays an important role in the stabilizing program of Kazakhstan.

The awarding ceremony of the world best banks will be held in October in Istanbul at the annual World Bank International Monetary Fund meeting.

The survey of Global Finance, covering emerging markets of Asia, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America, Central and Western Europe aside from the magazine editors involved analysts, companies chief executives and banking consultants.

Kazkommertsbank is the reiterated winner of previous surveys of the Global Finance, and besides the main nomination is received awards "The Best Currency Market Bank" and "The Best Trade Financing Bank".