Saturday, March 22, 2014

Week 12 of 2014 – Giveaway info for the week – Kazakhstan: Bank offering 4.6% for 12-month retail deposits in USD, 3.9% for retail deposits in EUR



As a free sample for clients and potential clients, below is offered summary information on a sample bank in Eastern Europe or Central Asia selected casually from among those offering moderate (not particularly high) interest rates for foreign-currency retail term deposits.




Bank info:

Name:  Kaspi Bank (JSC Kaspi Bank) (Акционерное общество «Kaspi Bank»)
Headquarters:  Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Founded:  1991.
Total assets:  KZT* 850.8855 bln (USD 5.539 bln) as of 31 Dec. 2013, ranking in 8th place out of 38 banks operating in Kazakhstan.

*As of 31 Dec. 2013 the official exchange rate for the Kazakhstani tenge (KZT) was USD 1 = KZT 153.61

Total loans to customers:  KZT 615.2042 bln (USD 4.005 bln) as of 31 Dec. 2013.
Total deposits:  KZT 588.0311 bln (USD 3.828 bln) as of 31 Dec. 2013, of which 69.51% were from retail clients and 30.49% were from commercial clients.
Net profit (loss) for 4Q 2013:  KZT 5,748,283,000  (USD 37.42 mln).
Number of branches and banking outlets:  23 branches and 237 banking outlets as of 30 June 2013.
POS locations:  687 as of 30 June 2013.
Number of ATMs:  212 as of 30 June 2013.
Number of employees:  7,676 as of 30 June 2013.
Ownership structure:  As of 1 January 2014 the bank was owned 88.34% by Caspian Financial Group JSC (АО «Caspian Financial Group») of Almaty, Kazakhstan.  According to a prospectus dated 29 October 2013 (available in either Russian or English), Caspian Financial Group in turn is owned 99.99% by Mr. Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Kim (Вячеслав Ким), a shareholder of the bank and chairman of the bank’s board of directors since 2006.
Data on the bank at the website of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including contact info, ownership data, credit ratings, company filings and announcements from 1999 onward, and company documents including quarterly/annual financial statements from 2001 onward:
In English (less complete – lacks documents):  Kaspi Bank JSC (CSBN)
Monthly/quarterly/annual data on all banks in Kazakhstan at the website of the National Bank of Kazakhstan (in each case it is necessary to first navigate to the homepage, switch to the language desired, and then navigate to the link given below):
In English:  Financial performance
Financial statements at bank’s website:
In Russian:  Consolidated, audited annual financial statements according to IFRS, 2009-2012:  Отчетность
In Russian and Kazakh: Unconsolidated and unaudited quarterly balance sheets and income statements compiled according to standards of National Bank of Kazakhstan, 2004-2013:  Отчетность
In Kazakh: Financial statements, 2004-2009:  Есеп беру
In English: Financial statements compiled in accordance with IFRS, audited, 2001-2012:  Financial Statements
Auditor:  Deloitte, LLP (ТОО «Делойт»)
Ratings:
Moody’s Investors Service – 14 June 2012, 6 November 2012:
Long-term global local currency deposit rating:  B1
National scale rating (NSR):  Ba2.kz
Standalone bank financial strength rating (BFSR):  E+
Short-term local currency deposit rating:  Not Prime
Short-term foreign currency deposit rating:  Not Prime
Outlook: Stable
Standard & Poor’s – 5 December 2012:
Long-term counterparty credit rating (issuer credit rating, ICR):  BB-
Short-term counterparty credit rating:  B
Outlook:  Stable
Stand-alone credit profile (SACP):  b+
Kazakhstan national scale rating:  kzA-
SWIFT Code:  CASPKZKA
YouTube channel:  kaspi bank (55 videos).
Catalog of repossessed collateral for sale, with photos and prices:  Залоговое имущество
Contact info:
Phone:  (+7) 727-258-5965
Fax:      (+7) 727-250-9596



Terms for retail term deposit “Caspian” («Каспийские депозиты») with compounding of interest:
USD (min. USD 100):  4.52% a.p.r. for 3 months, 4.54% for 6 mos., 4.59% for 12 mos.
EUR (min. EUR 100):  3.80% a.p.r. for 3 months, 3.84% for 6 mos., 3.87% for 12 mos.
KZT (min. KZT 15,000):  10.08% a.p.r. for 3 months, 10.21% for 6 mos., 10.47% for 12 mos.