Has been registered as a joint-stock bank with authorized capital of UAH 2.21 million (Certificate of Registration No. 267 dated June 20, 1997). Obtained NBU license to conduct banking operations.

Increase of the authorized capital up to UAH 3,159 million. Joining the international payment system S.W.I.F.T. Obtaining membership in the Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange.

Increase of the authorized capital up to UAH 15,9 million

Obtaining membership in the Deposit Guarantee Fund of individuals.

Obtaining permission to invest in authorized funds of other legal entities.

Increase of the authorized capital up to UAH 28,613 million. Joining Visa International (associate membership) and Master Card Europe (affiliate membership) payment systems. Becoming a member of the Association of Ukrainian Banks and the Association “Ukrainian Credit-Banking Union”.

Opening a department in Zhytomyr

Reorganization of the Bank into an open joint-stock company.

Opening the department in Vinnitsa and IAPP “Yagodin”.

Increase of the authorized capital up to UAH 68,613 million. Opening the department in Odessa

Participation in the founding of LLC “First All-Ukrainian Credit Bureau”, established under the Association of Ukrainian Banks.

Obtaining membership in the Association “First Stock Trading System”.

Opening the department in Kharkiv

Increase of authorized capital up to UAH 149,999 million. Obtaining the SSMSC license to conduct a depository activity of a securities custodian. Membership in the Ukrainian National Mortgage Association. Obtaining membership of the Professional Association of Registrars and Depositaries. Joining the National Mass Electronic Payment System.

At the general meeting of shareholders approved the results of another subscription for shares in the amount of UAH 50 million. Becoming a member of the Ukrainian Interbank Association of Members of EMA Payment Systems. Appointment of the new management of the Bank. The decision was made to start rebranding the Bank.

Changing the organizational structure of the Bank. Obtaining a permit from Visa International to issue Visa Platinum premium payment cards. Getting started of the Bank Contact Center. Start of the process of certification of business processes under the program of quality assessment ISO 9001: 2000. Start of CRM implementation. Increase of authorized capital up to UAH 200 million. Opening of departments in Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye. Re-branding of the department in Kyiv.

Credit Rating Rating Upgrade on uaBBB- National Rating Scale (stable outlook). Change of organizational structure. Obtaining the certificate of quality management system of the international standard ISO 9001: 2008. Rebranding of territorial administration in Odessa. Opening of the territorial administration in Poltava. Opening of territorial administration in Nikolaev.

The official name of the First Investment Bank Joint Stock Company has been changed.

Successful completion of the first supervisory audit of the quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001: 2008. On the initiative of the Bank’s management, the Open Hearts of Ukraine Foundation was created. The Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization and has the status of all-Ukrainian. Confirmation of credit rating “Credit Rating” on the national rating scale uaBBB- (rating outlook – stable). Opening of the renovated office №8 in Kyiv. Rebranding of territorial administration in Kharkiv. Re-branding of branch # 25 in Vinnitsa. Increase of authorized capital up to UAH 230 million.
Opening of the renovated branch # 16 in Kirovograd. The first information and transaction kiosks were put into operation. The work with the Unified Information System “Register of borrowers” (NBU) on exchange of information on overdue loans has been resumed. Membership in PJSC “Ukrainian Stock Exchange”. The Bank’s shares have been listed and included in the second tier of the listing of PJSC Kyiv International Stock Exchange.

The beginning of cooperation with the State Mortgage Institution. Opening of a new branch # 12 in Yalta. Opening of a new branch # 44 in Odessa. Opening of a new branch # 5 in Lviv. Successful completion of the second supervisory audit of the quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001: 2008. Start of implementation of the Information Security Management System in accordance with the international standards of the ISO / IEC 27001: 2005 and ISO / IEC 27002: 2005 series, taking into account the modifications of the National Bank of Ukraine, determined by the standards of SSU N NBU 65.1 ISIB 1.0: 2010 and SSU N NBU 65.1 ISIB 2.0 : 2010. Collaboration with the rating agency “IVI-Rating” has started. Assigning and confirming uaBBB + credit rating (stable outlook). Establishment of a subsidiary – Global Payment Network LLC, which received: Certificate of Registration of a Financial Institution, License to Transfer Funds by Non-Bank Financial Institutions, and Initiation of Registration of an Intra-State Non-Bank Payment System. The process of re-branding the existing branches has been completed. Self-service kiosks (PTSC) have been put into operation.

Opening of two new departments in Kyiv (# 3, # 19) and departments in the cities of Yalta (# 15), Chernivtsi (# 7), Zhytomyr (# 27). Assignment and confirmation of individual rating of deposit reliability at “4+” (high reliability) level by the independent rating agency “IBI-Rating”. UaBBB + credit rating (stable outlook) by IBI-Rating. Achievement of the fifth result among 153 participants of the Ranking of the publicity of companies participating in the stock market of Ukraine, which was carried out within the framework of the project “Culture of doing business in the stock market of Ukraine”. Passing the recertification audit of the quality management system and obtaining the certificate of compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2008 for the next three years by the body of TOB «TÜV Rheinland Ukraine», which is a part of the international concern TÜV Rheinland InterCert. Ukraine ”and the successful introduction of free Wi-Fi service in seven branches of the Bank. 25 payment terminals have been put into operation, through which 339 billers can be paid for.

Start of the project on establishment of payment acceptance terminals in the branches of PJSC “Ukrtelecom”. Opening of departments: – №40, Kharkiv; – №45, Odessa; – №15, Kherson; – №28, Rivne; – №48, Odessa.Victory in the nomination “The Bank with the most dynamic development” according to the results of the II International Competition “Best Guam Banks 2012”.Confirmation by the IVI-Rating agency of the individual rating of deposit reliability at the level 4+ (high reliability) and long-term credit at the level uaBBB +, with the forecast “stable”. Awarded the Most Dynamic Partner of AVERS at the 5th International Conference on Money Markets, Banking Metals and Cash Currency. Obtaining new licenses for the right to exercise professional activity in the stock market. Assigning the title of “Best Retail Bank of Ukraine-2013” to the authoritative financial online publication of the Global Financial Market Review. The banking group is registered: PJSC “FIRST INVESTMENT BANK” and GLOBAL PAYMENT NETWORK LLC.

Opening of a new department # 26 in Vyshneve. Confirmation by the IVI-Rating agency of the individual rating of deposit reliability at the level 4+ (high reliability) and long-term credit at the level uaBBB +, with the forecast “stable”. Victory at the VI All-Ukrainian competition “BANK OF THE YEAR 2014” in the nomination “Bank with the largest
innovative potential. ” Ranked 24th among 82 Ukrainian banks with rd.2 (pi) (good reliability, compared to other banks) based on the assessment of deposits in the banking sector, which is formed on a quarterly basis by the Standard-Rating RA. 250 payment terminals have been put into operation, through which more than 1300 services can be paid (the total number of PTCS network is 576). The NBU has harmonized the Rules for the use of electronic money with the use of prepaid cards of the international payment systems VISA International and MasterCard PJSC “FIRST INVESTMENT BANK”.

Confirmation by the IVI-Rating agency of the individual rating of deposit reliability at the level 4+ (high reliability) and long-term credit at the level uaBBB +, with the forecast “stable”.