Master-Bank

Aktivs

Authorized capital of the Bank - 3,392,545 thousand (rubles per 17.10.11)

The bank's network of divisions includes 11 branches (in the Moscow and Saratov regions, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Ryazan and Rostov-on-Don) and 115 sales offices. The bank employs more than 2 thousand people (May 2012).

One of the key activities of the Master Bank is the issue and maintenance of plastic cards. As of July 2012, the bank has its own high-tech processing center, almost 2.5 million plastic cards are in circulation, about 3 thousand ATMs are installed, of which more than 700 are multifunctional devices with a wide range of operations. At the end of 2011, Alfa-Bank and Master-Bank merged a network of ATMs (the combined network is represented in 250 settlements of the Russian Federation).

The Bank's own processing center, equipped at the level of world standards, allows you to conduct transactions on cards of the largest international payment systems.

History

2022

The Supreme Court supported the arrest of the property of the ex-leaders of Master Bank

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation supported the arrest of the property of the ex-leaders of Master Bank for 24.6 billion rubles each. This was announced on December 16, 2022 by the Deposit Insurance Agency.

Moscow On February 28, 2022, the Arbitration Court of the city, at the request of state the Deposit Insurance Agency Corporation, seized the property of the ex-heads of the Master Bank Design Bureau (OJSC) within 24.6 billion rubles. Among the defendants are the chairman of the board, Boris Bulochnik as well as board members Alexander Bulochnik, Galina Nagaeva and Vladimir Orlov. Among the seized property are objects real estate and a collection of 118 paintings by Nicholas Roerich.

Two defendants in the case filed a cassation appeal against this decision with the Supreme Court of Russia. On December 13, 2022, he refused to consider it.

The interim measures taken are related to the fact that the former top managers were brought to subsidiary liability at the suit of the DIA. The basis for this was the approval by the defendants of deliberately bad loans.

The court arrested the property of the ex-leaders of Master Bank for 24.6 billion rubles from each

On March 1, 2022, the Moscow Arbitration Court seized the assets of Boris Bulochnik, the beneficiary and former chairman of the board of the Master Bank, which went bankrupt in 2014, in the amount of 24.6 billion rubles. Read more here.

2013: CBR revokes license from Master Bank

By its order, the Bank of Russia revoked its banking license from OAO Master-Bank (Moscow) from November 20, 2013 "due to non-compliance with federal laws regulating banking activities, as well as Bank of Russia regulations ." Payments to depositors of Master Bank will amount to 30 billion rubles. This preliminary assessment was given by the Deposit Insurance Agency.

2012: Searches

• On March 16, 2012, police raided several Moscow banks in the case of illegal cashing in the amount of at least two billion rubles.

activities of an organized group, whose members are suspected of illegally cashing out more than 2 billion rubles, have been suppressed," Denis Sugrobov, head of the Main Directorate for Economic Security (GUEB) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Interfax. He added that, according to operational data, the amount of cash may subsequently increase to 20-25 billion rubles.

Searches took place, in particular, in the premises of the Master Bank, Zolostbank, Shipbuilding Bank, AKB "Strategy." In total, according to Sugrobov, employees of his department conducted about 30 searches, visiting not only banks, but also the places of residence of the suspects. As a result, more than 500 seals were seized, including stamp seals of government agencies, magnetic media, as well as objects and documents confirming the fact of cashing out money.

"The organizers of illegal banking activities have been detained, some have already been charged," Sugrobov added, adding that the corresponding criminal case was initiated under Article 172 ("Illegal Banking").

The head of the GUEB noted that persons holding senior positions in credit and financial institutions will be accused in the case. According to him, "the organizers of criminal schemes and some bank leaders are actively trying to break up the case," but they will not succeed.

• On April 19, 2012, it became known that the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent an official letter to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation about the illegal activities of Master Bank. The letter lists the facts of illegal activities of the bank, it also contains a petition for an unscheduled inspection of a financial institution.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs stressed that at the time of the audit on March 14, 2012, Yevgeny Rogachev, a defendant in a criminal case on illegal banking activities, was performing vice president duties at Master Bank. "During the operational-search activities, documents were seized with his signature and indication of the position, as well as business cards," said a representative of the GUEBiPK Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that on March 14, 29 searches were carried out at the places of work and residence of the defendants in the case of illegal banking activities, including at Master Bank, Zolostbank, Shipbuilding Bank and Strategy Bank. During the searches, more than 500 seals were seized, including the stamp seals of government agencies, magnetic media, as well as other items and documents confirming the illegal activities of^[1]

Nevertheless, the Master Bank itself said that Yevgeny Rogachev, imprisoned under house arrest, had never been his vice president. This was announced to the Prime agency by a representative of the bank. "Evgeny Rogachev has never been vice president of Master Bank. He served as the head of one of the departments of the corporate business department, "the agency's interlocutor said. Earlier on Thursday, he said that on March 1, 2012, Rogachev resigned of his own free will.

In addition, according to a representative of Master Bank, the bank "never had seals and forms of any third-party organizations. Moreover, state bodies. "

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the former vice-president of Master Bank Yevgeny Rogachev was detained in Sochi, transferred to Moscow and placed under house arrest. According to the ministry, Rogachev was part of a group of people suspected of illegally cashing out 2 billion rubles.

• On October 12, 2012, it became known that the Bank of Russia discovered violations of the law in the Master Bank and Zolostbank. This was stated in the official press release of the regulator.

The Central Bank noted that according to the results of the audit carried out in the organizations, "appropriate supervisory response measures have been applied to them." What measures are in question is not reported. In addition, the activities of both banks are constantly monitored by the Central Bank.

The Central Bank did not report on the possible revocation of the license from any of the mentioned organizations. Earlier, the Master Bank was threatened with the revocation of the license by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the initiative of which inspections were carried out.

In March 2012, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against the former vice-president of the Master Bank Yevgeny Rogachev, deputy chairman of the board of Zolostbank Alexander Kryukov and businessman Alexander Shemalakov. In July 2012, new defendants appeared in the case - former leading specialists of the department for working with large business of Master Bank Sergey Kormshchikov and Igor Babich.

The criminal case is being investigated under Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal banking activities). Financiers are suspected of illegally cashing in at least two billion rubles. As part of the case, searches were carried out in the Master Bank, Zolostbank, Shipbuilding Bank, AKB Strategy, as well as in the homes of the suspects.

In turn, on October 12, 2012, the Master Bank published a press release in which they commented on the information that appeared in the media about the possible revocation of the license from the organization. The report notes that the Central Bank has "no serious complaints" about the work of the Master Bank, which is confirmed by the last audit, which ended in July. Lawyers of the Master Bank prepare claims against organizations that have become "the source and distributors of publications containing false information."

2011: Net income - 726.1 million

The loan portfolio accounts for 68% of net assets, however, the Master Bank does not lend to citizens as willingly as it accepts their funds in deposits - the volume of loans to private borrowers (less than 12% of the loan portfolio) is 7 times less than the amount of obligations to the population. Overdue debt accounts for more than 6% of the total loans issued. The structure of the resource base is as follows: funds in accounts and deposits of individuals (49% of liabilities), balances in settlement and deposit accounts of corporate clients (16% of liabilities).

In the interbank loan market, a bank with insignificant turnover acts as a creditor.

In 2011, net profit of 726.1 million was obtained rubles according to RAS reporting. At the end of 2009, the same figure amounted to 1.01 billion.

2010: Igor Putin - Vice President of Master Bank

In the fall of 2010, the top management of the credit institution was replenished with a relative of the President of Russia - his cousin brother Igor Putin became vice president of the bank. In December of the same year, Igor Putin left the bank, heading Surguttruboprovodstroy LLC, which specializes in pipeline construction. However, he soon returned and for August 2012 he was represented on the Board of Directors of Master Bank.

1991-2001

The bank was registered in 1992 under the name "Ronex" (Moscow).

Legal form - open joint stock company (transformed from LLC in November 2001).

Clients

Master Bank "grew" on budget money - the resources of municipal enterprises. As of May 2012, the list of clients of the credit institution includes enterprises serving the Moscow infrastructure, including construction and repair associations - GREU No. 2 Zamoskvorechye, SU-153, MSU-95, MSU-97, etc. Among the bank's clients are also GUP Ritual, the Moscow Audit Chamber, OKB Progress, and other small and medium-sized businesses - more than 10 thousand corporate clients in total.

Partners

As of July 2012, the bank is a principal member of the international payment systems MasterCard International and VISA International, and distributes all the main types of cards of these payment systems. Including Visa Infinite and MasterCard World Signia top-level cards. The Bank's partners include ChinaUnionPay Co., Ltd. и JCB CO., Ltd.

International partners of Master Bank are the leading export insurance agencies and export-import banks providing insurance coverage and credit resources for medium and long-term projects: EULER HERMES (Germany), AKA Export Finance Bank (Germany), Eximbank (USA ), MEHIB (Hungary), KUKE S.A. (Poland), Atradius (Netherlands).

Over the years of working in the banking services market, Master-Bank has formed an extensive correspondent network, which includes leading banks in Europe, America and the CIS countries: Standard Chartered Bank (New York), Standard Chartered Bank (Germany), Standard Chartered Bank (Tokyo Branch), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, VTB Bank (Deutschland), Landesbank Berlin AG, Commerzbank AG, UniCredit Bank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, VTB Bank (Austria), Privatbank, Belpromstroibank.

On the Russian market, the Bank has a long and strong relationship with a number of financial institutions, including: Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, Bank of Moscow, Moscow International Bank, Vneshtorgbank.

Awards

International recognition is confirmed by the prestigious International Star for Leadership in Quality award, which was awarded by the Master Bank for outstanding business success, high level of skill and flagship positions in the field of quality.

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