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Ūkio Bankas was a Lithuanian commercial bank based in Kaunas. More than 50% of shares are owned by Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov who therefore is in the control of the bank.〔(Shareholder listing )〕 It was the fifth largest and oldest private bank in Lithuania. In October 2006 during internet conference on the news portal Delfi.lt Vladimir Romanov announced his plans of selling his shares to the strategic investor. GE Money, a branch of General Electric, as one of the possible buyers was mentioned by Romanov.〔http://www.lhv.lt/news/index.cfm?id=924844 - ''LHV'', 15 October 2006〕 In common with other banks Ūkio Bankas suffered from the effects of credit crunch and on 26 August 2008 rating agency Standard & Poor downgraded the banks status from stable to negative.〔http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/21193/, 27 August 2008〕 The organisation sponsored Lithuanian football club FBK Kaunas and Scottish team Hearts. Romanov was the owner of Hearts and a board member of FBK Kaunas. In February 2013 the bank was revealed to have poor asset quality, weak risk management and lack of proper operating data. The check also revealed that the bank has ignored the central bank's recommendation to reduce operating risks. On the 12th of February, the Bank of Lithuania in accordance with Art. 76 of the Law on Banks of the Republic of Lithuania (the “Law on Banks”) announced a partial and temporal restriction on activities (the “Moratorium”) of AB Ūkio bankas.〔http://www.ub.lt/en/news/view/1572/notice-regarding-activities-of-the-ab-ukio-bankas-from-12-february-2013-''Notice regarding activities of the AB Ukio Bankas'', 12 February 2013〕 Ukio was removed from the Lithuanian stock exchange later that month,〔http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/finances/?doc=70962〕 with many of its assets and liabilities transferred to Siauliu Bankas. ==See also== *Economy of Lithuania 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「Ūkio bankas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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