History
The license and the state number 1616 were obtained on November 11, 1991. At that time, the name of the bank was BALTKONVERSBANK (the Joint-stock Baltic Commercial Bank).
In November 1994, the bank was joined by new shareholders representing private capital as well as such companies as OAO Gazprom, AB Gazprombank and NPF Gazfond.
In January 1995, the bank was registered as AO Gazprom's stock depositary.
In March 1995, correspondent relations and those of partnership were established with KB Gazprombank. The bank became an active member of the inter-bank crediting, short-term state bonds and the money markets and began financing large gas companies.
In November 1995, the bank was reorganized and renamed the EVROPEISKY Investment Commercial Bank limited liability company.
In October 1996, the bank's authorized capital was first increased to RUR 25 million.
In May 1997, the bank moved into a new modern office building, its floor space 1,500 m2, located at 39 Kutuzova Street.
In July 1997, the Client-Bank system was launched.
In December 1997, the bank obtained its license to become a professional member of the securities market.
In March 1998, the bank began working with 17 currencies. It was among the first in the region to be connected to the electronic payments system which allowed it to perform operations "on the same day" not just within but also outside the region.
On December 2, 1998, the bank began issuing Visa and Eurocard/MasterCard plastic cards under an agency agreement with KB Gazprombank.
On March 25, 1998, the Central Bank of Russia issued General License No. 1616 for banking activities to the Evropeisky Investment Commercial Bank.
In March 1999, the bank’s website was launched.
In July 1999, the first edition of the bank's ideological basis, the Mission and Vision was formulated.
In December, 2000, the bank obtained its brokers and securities management licenses.
In January 2001, these were followed by a license for depositary activities.
In September 2001, Bank Evropeisky was connected to the SWIFT international payment system.
On September 26, 2001, the bank concluded its agreement with 1,000th corporate client.
On September 27, 2001, the Evropeisky Investment Commercial Bank, the first in the region, was reregistered as a private corporation.
In October 2001, the commercial use of Internet-Bank system began.
In 2002, correspondent relations were established with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (New York), Deutsche Bank Frankfurt am Main and Vilniaus Bankas AB Vilnius, the number of the bank's correspondent accounts with foreign banks reaching 14.
In April 2002, the first wage-paying project, using of the Visa International payment card, was implemented.
In June 2003, the banks own RS Retail program launched; it transited to independently maintaining Visa, Int. card accounts.
In September 2003, correspondent relations with the Kredit Bank of Warsaw were established.
On November 24, 2003, the bank concluded a service agreement with its 2,000th corporate client.
In January 2004, the authorized capital of the bank was increased to RUR 55 million.
In March 2004, the bank joined the Visa International payment system and began to independently issue VISA Electron bank cards.
On December 2, 2004, the bank joined the deposit insurance system.
In 2005, a new service, trade acquiring was successfully introduced under the project of bank cards development and the bank received a corresponding status in the VISA International payment system.
In July 2005, the monthly turnaround of clients' RUR accounts exceeded RUR 5 billion.
On September 21, 2005, the bank accepted the 1,000th depositor.
On November 9, 2005, it issued the 5,000th VISA/MasterCard plastic card.
On July 24, 2006, the authorized capital of the bank was increased to RUR 105 million.
On August 17, 2006, the bank announced the beginning of a re-branding campaign.
On November 11, 2006, Bank Evropeisky was 15 years old.
In December 2006, the agency agreement for accepting applications for paying out and cancelling investment shares was completed between the bank and the Regionfinansresurs managing company and the bank began accepting applications for the acquisition of investment shares.
On January 18, 2007, a new operational cashiers' office of the bank began functioning at the Mayak trade centre at 21 Teatralnaya Street.
On January 31, 2007, the new Central full-service additional office opened at 7-17, 17a Zaraiskaya St., next to the Palace of Weddings.
On April 16, 2007, the new organizational structure of the bank became functional. The improved model of interacting with clients includes the identification of priority service areas: servicing corporate and individual clients and the development of relations with groups of strategic clients.
On June 1, 2007, a new tariff, "Vostochny" was introduced, allowing clients to make money transfers to the People's Republic of China at advantageous rates without precedent.
On June 3, 2007, the bank opened a new additional office for servicing corporate and individual clients in the Baltiysky Business Centre building at 40 Moskovsky Prospekt.
On August 31, 2007, Bank Evropeisky began cooperating with the REGIONFOND non-governmental pension fund under a mutual statutory pension insurance project.
On September 10, 2007, the Chief Agency of the Central Bank of Russia registered the report on the results of the additional issuance of shares by the EVROPEISKY Investment Commercial Bank. Now, the authorized capital of the bank reached RUR 125 million.
On September 25, 2007, the first electronic payment was effected in the GOROD federal payment system through the Internet-Bank for individual clients.
In September 2007, the EVROPEISKY Investment Commercial Bank signed an agreement with the Russian Bank for Development of Moscow for the implementation of a joint program of the financial support of small and medium-size businesses.
On December 21, 2007, the bank signed the 300th agreement for the servicing of a wage-paying project with the use of VISA International payment cards.
In January 2008, Bank Evropeisky became one of Russia's 300 top universal banks, having come up the 292nd in 2007 according to the RosBusinessConsulting agency's "The Most Profitable and Efficient Banks in 2007" rating.
On March 11, 2008, the EVROPEISKY Investment Commercial Bank issued its 15,000th bank card.
On February the 1st 2008 a new addition of the Bank’s tariffs was enacted, providing a number of innovations. The tariff option “Business Group” provides now for three times decrease of the fee for maintaining legal entities’ accounts and the same within the Tariff “Standard” for individual entrepreneurs, if they are partners of a Bank’s client that uses tariff “European”. Also “urgent” and “evening” transactions with foreign currency were offered.
On October the 1st 2008 a number of unique tariffs aiming to create additional benefits, depending of business specifics, were offered for corporate clients, such as railway expeditionary companies, tourist companies, companies that transfer payments to Scandinavian and Baltic countries in national currencies of these countries.
On November the 24th 2008 a new additional Bank’s Evropeisky office started operation at #34B, Kutuzov str. Kaliningrad. The main purpose of this office is provision of services to both, physical and legal entities with the highest indicators of their economic activity.
In December 2008 as a part of cash machines network expansion program – two new cash machines have started operation at #39, Kutuzova str. Kaliningrad and at the checkpoint of FSUE (Federal State Unitary Enterprise) “Rosmorport” building at #17 Shosse Nijnee av., Baltiysk.
On December the 12th 2008 Bank Evropeisky has held an event for its clients where Russian Prima ballerina Anastaisia Volochkova has demonstrated her solo program called “Novels about Love”.
Starting from February 2009 Bank Evropeisky has obtained Full Associate and Plus Membership at Visa International Association
On the 7th of April 2009 “SMS BANKING” service has become available for private clients. The SMS Banking provides an opportunity to receive information about incoming bank massages, account and credit card changes, entering the system and other useful information by means of massages. It allows to noticeably increase the Internet Banking system safety.
On April 6th 2009 Bank’s Evropeisky team has won 9th place at Russian Interbank Internet Championship on Banking Law.
On April 21st 2009 A new draft of Bank Evropeisky Strategy has come into for force for 2008 – 2010. In April the number of Clients – the Bank credit card holders who have joined the “Telecard” system has reached a number of 2000 persons.
On the 17th of August 2009 a new stage of implementation of the Quality control system has started at Bank Evropeisky. That was design and implementation of corporate standards of high class client service, carried out in collaboration with a topical consulting company.
On September 23d 2009 Bank Evropeisky Internet Banking system was joined by 3000th client.
On the 26th of October Bank’s Evropeisky Personalized Center was opened. Production of new design of Visa Electron cards was started.
