OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2011. 146 credit organizations are licensed to carry out bank operations. 101 of them are NBCIs, reported the press-centre of CBA.

As at 1 January 2011, 45 banks are licensed, of them 1 is state owned, and 44 are private banks. 22 banks operate through participation of foreign capital. Foreign capital constitutes 50% – 100% of the authorized capital of 7 banks, and less than 50% of the authorized capital of 13 banks. The number of local branches of foreign banks is 2.

The number of operating local bank branches is 644. 38 of them account for state, 608 for private banks. The number of banks with local branches is 40, and the number of bank departments is 120. The number of banking structures functioning abroad is 8. Of them 5 are representative offices, 2 – affiliates, and one is a branch.