MobiasBanca
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| Type | Societate pe Acțiuni |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | July 4, 1990 |
| Headquarters | 81a, Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt ave., Chisinau |
Area served | Moldova, Republic of |
Key people | Lászlό Diόsi () Elena Guzun () Andrei Suruceanu () Stela Ciobanu () |
| Products | Retail, private, investment and corporate banking; insurance; investment management |
| Revenue |  MDL 667 million (2017)[1] |
| MDL 357 million (2017)[1] | |
| MDL 278 million (2017)[1] | |
| Total assets |  MDL 10,114 billion (2017)[1] |
| Total equity | MDL 1,519 billion (2017)[1] |
| Owner | |
Number of employees | 714 (average, 2017)[1] |
| Website | mobiasbanca.md |
Mobiasbanca is a bank in Moldova with headquarters in Chișinău. From 2007 to 2019, it was operated as a subsidiary of Société Générale, the French-headquartered bank. In 2019, OTP Bank of Hungary purchased a 96,69% stake in Mobiasbanca.[3]
History[]
Main historical milestones:[4]
- 1990, July 4 – was set up as an independent bank with the legal status of Limited Liability Company
- 1995 – One of the first bank allowed on the securities' market
- 1996 – One of the first bank to benefit from credit lines granted by International Financial Organizations
- 1996 – The Bank changed its legal status to Joint Stock Company
- 1996 – Member of SWIFT international payment system
- 1997 – 32.45% of share capital was acquired by the investment fund Development Capital Corporation, who remained to be the major shareholder of the Bank (63.68%)
- 2002 – Member of the “Europay International” payment system
- 2003 – The automatic banking system implementation
- 2005 – First bank to launch a consumer-loan and a credit card
- 2007 – Mobiasbanca has been purchased by Groupe Société Générale (95,35%)
- 2008 – The bank changes the official name to CB “Mobiasbanca – Groupe Société Générale” S.A.
- 2008 – Capital increase of Mobiasbanca and coming of new strategic shareholders (BRD – Groupe Société Générale) and EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). The share of Societe Generale decreased as a result of this transaction and as of the end of 2008 effectively represents 67.85%.
- 2008 – Principal member of MasterCard
- 2009 – Implementation of telerecovery service
- 2009 – MasterCard certification of cards with microchip
- 2011 – Simplu Finance project launch
- 2011 – First collection of cards created exclusively for women Chérie Chérie
- 2012 – Launch of the Universal Desk concept
- 2012 – Launch of new Call-Center (Contactell)
- 2012 – MobiasInfo sms messaging service launch
- 2012 – Launch of MasterCard Secure Code - secured payments over the Internet
- 2013 – International certificate ISO 9001: 2008 "Quality Management Systems. Requirements", being the first bank in the country holding such a certificate
- 2013 – IP telephony implementation
- 2014 – New range of bank cards in the international payment system MasterCard - banking card endowed with EMV (embedded chip)
- 2014 – Opening of the new Training Centre and Branch School
- 2016 – Launch of VISA cards
- 2017 – First Mortgage Center Mobiasbanca opened in Moldova
- 2019 – Purchase by OTP Bank
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Categories:
- Banks established in 1990
- 1990 establishments in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Société Générale
- Bank stubs