Kazakhstan’s Nurbank is settling down to life under new ownership after a difficult few years involving an extortion scandal and the financial crisis.
Nurbank chairman Marat Zairov, who joined the bank last year from leading retail specialist Halyk Bank, says that the lender now has a brighter future and he hopes to propel it back up the rankings.
His efforts have already paid dividends, with deposits rising by 50% in 2009 and net profits increasing sixfold from a paltry KT129 million ($865,000) in 2008 to KT762 million.
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