News

02 May 2017

IBEC Participates in the 18th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Slovak Commission on Trade-and-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation.

Ms. Irina Golovchenko, Chairman of the IBEC’s Board, within the official delegation, participated in the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Slovak Commission on Trade-and-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation chaired by Mr. Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Mr. Peter Žiga, Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic. In the course of the meeting, there was an increased focus on the issues of development of bilateral cooperation for the purposes of expanding and deepening trade and economic relations, full-fledged utilization of investment potential of the two countries, and making interaction of business communities more active. Read more

20 Apr 2017

IBEC strengthens business relations with Slovakia

From 18 April to 19 April 2017, the delegation of the International Bank of Economic Co-operation headed by Ms. Irina Golovchenko, Chairman of the Board, visited the Slovak Republic. As a part of the visit, a meeting was held with Ms. Dana Meager, State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. As head of the delegation of the Slovak Republic in the IBEC’s Council, Ms. Dana Meager gave a positive assessment to the dynamics of the Bank growth and reaffirmed the support of the IBEC’s Development Strategy by Slovakia, emphasizing an interest in supporting of Slovak entrepreneurs by the Bank. Read more

12 Apr 2017

The 34th BACEE regional banking conference was supported by the IBEC

The IBEC acted as a silver sponsor of the 34th BACEE Regional Banking Conference. Mr. Egidiu Hentes, a member of the IBEC’s Board, took part in the meetings of the conference, which was held in Budapest on the 10-11 of April 2017. This year, the event united 110 participants from 27 countries of the world. The conference speakers represented the international financial community from commercial and state banks, consultants, providers of IT solutions for banking sector, rating agencies and independent analysts. New banking products, technological solutions and bank information security issues were discussed at the round tables within the framework of the conference. A stand-alone session was devoted to the hot topic of risk management. Read more

22 Mar 2017

International Bank for Economic Co-operation Assigned Investment Rating by Fitch

On March 22, 2017, International agency Fitch Ratings assigned to the International Bank for Economic Co-operation investment-grade ratings: long-term BBB-, with a stable outlook, and short-term F3. The credit rating was received by IBEC for the first time in the Bank’s history. Obtaining of an international investment-grade rating was made possible due to the Bank comprehensive renewal program which has been implemented since the beginning of 2016. This program is based on the IBEC Development Strategy until 2020 which is intended to reinforce IBEC’s position as a multilateral development institution. Read more

14 Mar 2017

IBEC hosted the honorable Slovak guests

On 14 March 2017, a meeting was held at the headquarters of the International Bank for Economic Co-Operation between the IBEC’s Board headed by I.V. Golovchenko, Chairman of the Board, and the representative delegation of the Slovak Republic headed by Mr. Lukas Parizek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Read more