VOL. XXXII

NO. 36

12-JUNE-1989

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Vnesheconombank Gets Cyprus OBU

The Soviet Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs, Vnesheconombank (until lastyear known as the foreign trade bank, Vneshtorgbank), has been granted a licenseby the Central Bank of Cyprus to open an offshore banking unit (OBU) on theisland. The bank will use its Cyprus branch - to be set up in the main port cityof Limassol - to promote trade and financial transactions in the Middle East. Italready...