DUSHANBE, July 27, Asia-Plus — A total capital of OryonBonk, Tajikistan’s largest commercial bank, increased by 42.8 million somonis in the year to July 1, 2007, reaching 98,452,538 somonis (equivalent to more than $28 million), Asia-plus has learned from Abdukholiq Butayev, the head of the corporate development department of OryonBonk.   

According to him, since the beginning of the year, OryonBonk’s authorized capital stock has increased from 40.7 million somonis to 70.3 million somonis, and its net profit has amounted to 5,464,068 somonis.   

As of July 1, 2007, OryonBonk has provided loans for a total amount of 287,789,728 somonis and deposits from the population have increased over the report period.  “Since the beginning of the year, deposits amounts have increased more than two times and amounted, as of July 1, to more than 1.245 billion somonis (equivalent to more than $360 million),” the OryonBonk official said.  

According to him, more than 100 million US dollars, 645.5 million Russian and 74,3620 euros have been remitted to OryonBonk in January-May 2007.