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12<br />

BanKInG<br />

SySteM<br />

The stable economic growth experienced in<br />

the country’s economy during recent years had<br />

a positive influence on all sectors, including the<br />

financial system. The year 2007 may be labeled as a<br />

successful year for the banking system which is one<br />

of the most significant parts of the financial system of<br />

our country and momentum of the economy as well.<br />

This year is also distinguished for the interest of the<br />

foreign financial institutions and investors towards<br />

our banking system and for their economic activeness<br />

in participation in our banking system. Incomplete<br />

realization of the economic capacity of the country<br />

and the role that the bank system may play in this<br />

field may be underlined as the major cause for such<br />

activeness. The sustained economic growth, the<br />

large economic potential of the country, year-by-year<br />

increasing economic capacity and the improvement<br />

of the banking system in correspondence with the<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

1663<br />

46 банкs<br />

46 банкs<br />

44 банкs<br />

44 банкs<br />

Total assets, (млн АЗН)<br />

46 банкs<br />

2252<br />

www.turanbank.az<br />

3778<br />

305 branches<br />

350 branches<br />

6726<br />

2004 2005 2006 2007<br />

374 branches<br />

420 branches<br />

485<br />

branches<br />

international standards serve as the key factors<br />

ensuring the rapid development and progress of the<br />

banking system.<br />

As of the end of 2007, there were 46 banks<br />

and 96 non-bank credit organizations acting in the<br />

banking and credit system of the country. Compared<br />

to 2006, during the reporting year, the National <strong>Bank</strong><br />

of Azerbaijan granted licenses to 2 banks and 2 nonbank<br />

credit organizations for provision of relevant<br />

banking and credit services. Among the banks acting<br />

in the banking system 21 ones are registered as<br />

foreign capital banks, out of which in 6 ones (increased<br />

by one bank compared to 2006) the foreign capital<br />

constitutes more than 50 percent of the authorized<br />

capital, in 13 ones (no change compared to 2006)<br />

the foreign capital constitutes up to 50 percent of the<br />

authorized capital. There are two banks acting as<br />

branches of foreign banks in our country. With the

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