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History section based on press releases and chronology found on company website.
1990s
December 1994 – Eurasian Bank was registered as Joint Stock Bank by National Bank of Kazakhstan
February 1995 – Bank received General License to fulfill bank operations
March 1996 – Receipt of License for broker and dealer activity
April 1996 – Becomes prime dealer on Government securities
May 1996 – Bank became the member of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
September 1997 – Receipt of the License for broker activity with Government securities
September 1997 – Bank became member of SWIFT
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April 1998 – Receipt of License for custodian activity
2000s
February 2000 – Bank became member of the Deposit Guarantee System
November 2000 – Became a member of VISA International
January 2002 – Receipt of the license to fulfill bank operations in tenge and foreign currencies
July 2003 – Moody’s rating agency assigned Bank a B1 rating for long term and NP rating for short-term deposits in foreign currency, E for Financial Strength Rating. Outlook Stable
October 2004 – Became a member of Kazakhstan Fund for mortgage loans guarantee
July 2006 – Fitch rating agency assigned the Bank with B− Issuer’s Default Rating, and B short-term rating. Outlook Stable
November 2006 – Standard & Poor’s assigned Bank В/В long and short-term ratings, kzBB national scale rating, Outlook Stable
July 2007 – Standard & Poor's changed its Outlook to Positive from Stable. Credit ratings B/B were confirmed. Bank’s local national scale rating was upgraded to kzBВB- from kzBВ
September 2008 – Visa International raises the status of the Bank to Principal Member
December 2008 – Eurasian Bank and Visa presented world's first exclusive card with diamond and gold ornaments – VISA Infinite Eurasian Diamond Card.
October 2009 – Appointment of the new chairman of the management board (CEO) – Mr. Michael Eggleton
2010s
April 2010 – Completion of the acquisition of 99.99% of the shares of Bank Troika Dialog in Moscow
June 2010 – Moody's Investors Service assigned a rating of B1 for debt in local currency
February 2011 – Acquisition of Micro Credit Organization ProstoCredit from Société Générale
December 2011 – Standard & Poor's raises the credit rating of the Bank to B/B, the local rating from kzBB to kzBB+, and changes the outlook from negative to stable
December 2011 – The Bank ends the year with more than 450 points of sale throughout Kazakhstan. Client numbers increased by 250,000 to 419,000
July 2012 – Euromoney magazine named Eurasian Bank as Best Bank in Kazakhstan
July 2012 – Kazakhstani Rating Agency KzRating upgraded the credit rating of the Bank on a national scale from BBB to A− and the international scale from BB− to BB with a Stable outlook
December 2012 – The Bank ends the year with 1,900 points of sale and 648,000 clients
January 2013 – Eurasian Bank opens its Private Banking branch for VIP clients, offering wealth management services from international partners
January 2013 – Eurasian Bank becomes principal member of MasterCard
February 2013 – Eurasian Bank launches its Branch of the Future plan with automated electronic cashiers in to branches in Almaty and Atyrau
May 2013 – Michael Eggleton, the CEO, received the CEO of the Year – 2013 award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan
July 2013 – Standard & Poor's Maintains the credit rating of the Bank at B+/B+, raises the local rating from kzBBB to kzBBB+, and changes the outlook from stable to positive
December 2013 – Eurasian Bank completes first retail loan assignment & servicing transaction in Kazakhstan market. Essentially, a synthetic securitization.
February 2014 – Moody's rating agency reaffirms Eurasian Bank's B1 rating
June 2014 – Eurasian Bank launches mobile banking for retail customersOn October 21, 2015, a deal was concluded to acquire 100% of the shares of BankPozitiv Kazakhstan JSC.
December 2016 – June 2019 – Pavel Loginov was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Bank.
2020s
December 2020 – the transaction for the sale of 100% of the shares of JSC SB Eurasian Bank (Russia) was completed, the buyer was Sovcombank PJSC.
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