General Information

History:

Established in 1992 through the merger of 22 Bulgarian regional commercial banks, the first and most comprehensive consolidation project in the Bulgarian banking sector.

Shareholder:


UBB's main shareholder is the National Bank of Greece (NBG) - 99.9%.

 

UBB BOARD OF DIRECTORS  (as from 18 February 2013):   

 

Stilian Vatev, Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Radka Toncheva
Executive Board Member, Executive Director
 
 
Theodor Marinov
Non-executive Board Member
 
Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos
Non-executive Board Member
 
Anastasios Lizos
Non-executive Board Member
 
 
Konstantinos Bratos
Non-executive Board Member
 
Pavlos Mylonas
Non-executive Board Member
 
 
Panagiotis Karandreas
Non-executive Board Member

 

 

 

 

Rating:

 

FITCH Ratings

 

B Long Term IDR
B Short Term IDR

 
 
Standard & Poor's

B-   Long Term
C   Short Term
 

Correspondent Relations
UBB has established correspondent relations with 849 banks in 91 countries and with 31 banks countrywide. UBB supports 23 correspondent accounts in 12 currencies.

Branch Network: over 210 units countrywide. 

Banking Services:  

  • BGN and FX loans
  • BGN and FX deposits
  • FX transactions
  • Prompt and express intra-bank transfers
  • Electronic banking
  • Cash management
  • BGN and FX accounts and traveller's cheques
  • Debit and credit card payments
  • Cash collection operations and depositories
  • Bank guarantees and letters of credit
  • Securities' trading
  • Depository / fiduciary services
  • Investment banking services
  • Western Union transfers

Memberships and Others:  

  • Association of Banks in Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian Stock Exchange
  • Central Depository
  • Europay International
  • Visa International
  • JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) - Japan's premier and largest card company
  • S.W.I.F.T.
  • IIF - Institute of International Finance - The Global Association of Financial Institutions
  • BIBA - Bulgarian Industrial and Business Association
  • BBLF - Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum
  • Licensed primary dealer of government securities
  • Licensed investment intermediary for corporate securities trading
  • Western Union Agent