OREANDA-NEWS. June 03, 2010. The TFP award ceremony for the most active Issuing and Confirming banks within the framework of the Annual General Meeting of EBRD is one of the events the FI bankers are looking for every year, reported the press-centre of EBRD.    

The TFP ceremony at the AGM 2010 in Zagreb proved to be one of the highlights attracting nearly 200 attendees including bankers, donors and commercial sponsors. The event was opened by Operations Leader and Head of TFP Rudolf Putz who presented to the audience a review of the activities and achievements under TFP in 2009, and provided a short outlook on the expectations for 2010 so far.

The signing ceremony thereafter with the newly joining as well as already active banks in TFP included signings with the following banks:

Ameriabank, Armenia

Araratbank, Armenia

Reconstruction and Development Bank, Belarus

Belgazprombank, Belarus

Muganbank, Azerbaijan

Raiffeisen Bank Croatia was signed also as a TFP participating bank in a separate ceremony earlier that day: representatives of the bank participated in the TFP event as well.

During the award ceremony which took place immediately thereafter, the most active Issuing and Confirming banks received certificates and tombstones reflecting upon outstanding cooperation in trade finance under TFP 2009 and included:

Most active Confirming Bank in 2009 – Commerzbank

Most active Issuing Bank in Armenia in 2009 -Inecobank CYSC

Most active Issuing Bank in Azerbaijan in 2009 -Bank Respublika OJSC

Most active Issuing Bank in Belarus in 2009 – Priorbank

Most active Issuing Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009 - Raiffeisen Bank D.D. BIH

Most active Issuing Bank in FYR Macedonia in 2009 - Komercijalna Banka

Most active Issuing Bank in Georgia in 2009 - TBC Bank

Most active Issuing Bank in Kazakhstan in 2009 - JSC Bank CenterCredit

Most active Issuing Bank in Kyrgyz Republic in 2009 - CJSC Demir Kyrgyz International Bank

Most active Issuing Bank in Moldova in 2009 - B.C. Moldova-Agroindbank S.A.

Most active Issuing Bank in Mongolia in 2009 - Khan Bank

Most active Issuing Bank in Russia in short-term trade finance in 2009 - Locko Bank "LB"

Most active Issuing Bank in Russia in medium-term trade finance in 2009 – Sberbank

Most active Factoring Bank in Russia in 2009 – Promsvyazbank

Most active Issuing Bank in Serbia in 2009 - Cacanska Banka AD

Most active Issuing Bank in Tajikistan in 2009 - OJSC "Agroinvestbank"

Most active Issuing Bank in Ukraine in 2009 - OJSC Raiffeisen Bank AVAL

Most active Issuing Bank in Uzbekistan in 2009 - Hamkor Bank

Most active Factoring Bank in Ukraine in 2009 - The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine

Most active Confirming Bank in Trade with Taiwan in 2009 - Citibank Europe Plc

The event was concluded by a reception at which the attendees had an excellent opportunity for networking and which was generously sponsored by Taiwan Business-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund.