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Bank of Georgia offers retail banking, corporate banking, wealth management, brokerage and insurance and healthcare services. Bank of Georgia’s UK incorporated holding company, Bank of Georgia Holdings plc, is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (BGEO:LN〔("BGEO:LN" ). Londonstockexchange.com.〕) and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Bank of Georgia remains to be the only Georgian entity to be rated by all three global rating agencies: ‘BB-/B'〔(BB-/B )〕 from Standard & Poor's, ‘B1/NP’ (FC) & ‘Ba3/NP’ (LC)〔("Moodys assigns PBa3 provisional ratings to notes" ). Moodys.com.〕 from Moody’s and ‘BB-/B’〔("Fitch affirms four Georgian banks" ) (as BB-/B). Reuters.com. June 14, 2013.〕 from Fitch Ratings. ==History== The bank was established in 1903, nationalized by the communists and became known as Binsotsbank before it was privatized again and renamed the Bank of Georgia in 1994.〔("BNE talks to the chairman of the Bank of Georgia" ). BNE, 26 April 2007〕 Bank of Georgia was first listed on the Georgian Stock Exchange in 2001 and then merged with Tbiluniversalbank in 2004.〔("Japan and the EBRD" ) (PDF), p. 12.〕 In 2004 Bank of Georgia acquired the BCI insurance company.〔(Bank of Georgia acquires BCI ) Georgian Messenger, 7 December 2004〕 In November 2006, Bank of Georgia became the first company from Georgia and the second bank from the CIS to list its shares in the form of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange.〔(Fitch Affirms Four Georgian Banks ).〕 Then in December 2006 Bank of Georgia's insurance subsidiary, BCI, announced the acquisition of the Aldagi Insurance Company.〔("Bank of Georgia Buys into Aldagi Insurance Company" ). Civil.ge, 22 December 2006.〕 In 2006 Bank of Georgia acquired Intellect Bank’s assets and liabilities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIS & Russia )〕 In 2007 Bank of Georgia acquired 98.77% of Universal Bank of Development & Partnership in Ukraine (later renamed BG Bank).〔(Bank of Georgia Buys Ukrainian Bank ) Civil.ge, 11 October 2007〕 Then in May 2008, Bank of Georgia bought a 70% equity interest in Belarusky Narodny Bank, a Belarus Bank.〔(Bank of Georgia Buys Belarus Bank ) Georgian Daily, 13 May 2008〕 In 2009 the Bank started to issue the American Express Card and the American Express Gold Card issued in Georgia.〔(American Express business credit cards available for Georgian companies ) Georgia Today, 9 February 2012〕 In 2010 Bank of Georgia sets up a UK subsidiary company, Bank of Georgia Representative Office UK Limited in London.〔(Bank of Georgia sets up Representative Office ) Bloomberg〕 In 2011 Bank of Georgia sold its 80% interest in BG Bank of Ukraine.〔(Bank of Georgia sells Ukraine subsidiary ) Reuters, 11 February 2011〕 In fall of 2011 Bank of Georgia moves to its new Headquerters.〔(Bank of Georgia announces its move to new Headquarters ) Investgate, December 2011〕 In February 2012 Bank of Georgia gained a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.〔(Georgian state railway builds up steam ahead of London IPO ) City AM, 17 April 2012〕 In May 2012 Aldagi BCI acquired a controlling interest in Imedi L, a large insurer.〔(Aldagi BCI acquires controlling interest in Imedi L ) Georgia Today, May 2012〕 On 15 June 2012 Bank of Georgia joined the FTSE 250 Index.〔(Bank of Georgia Holdings to enter FTSE indices ) Bloomberg, June 2012〕 In December 2014 Bank of Georgia announced acquisition of PrivatBank Georgia〔(Bank of Georgia to acquire PrivatBank’s Georgian subsidiary bank ), Privatbank, 5 December 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bank of Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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