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EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme Issuing Banks Table of Contents (Click on a country heading to go to that section) Albania ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Armenia ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Belarus..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina ......................................................................................................................... 2 Bulgaria.................................................................................................................................................... 3 Croatia ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Egypt ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Georgia .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Greece ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Jordan ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Kazakhstan .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Kosovo ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Kyrgyz Republic ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Lebanon ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Republic of North Macedonia .................................................................................................................. 5 Moldova ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Mongolia .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Montenegro ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Morocco ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Romania .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Serbia ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Tajikistan.................................................................................................................................................. 7 Tunisia ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Turkey ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Turkmenistan ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Ukraine .................................................................................................................................................... 8 Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................................................... 8 West Bank and Gaza ............................................................................................................................... 9 Inecobank Albania 17 Tumanian Street Yerevan 375001 Republic of Armenia Banka OTP Albania Twin Towers, Kulla 1 Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit Belarus 1000 Tirana Albania Belaruski Narodny Bank OJSC Union Bank 87a Nezavisimosty Avenue 9 Rruga Sheshi ‘Ferenc Nopçka’ Minsk, 220012 1016 Tirana Republic of Belarus Albania Belinvestbank OJSC 29 Pobediteley Ave Armenia Minsk, 220002 Republic of Belarus ACBA Bank Bank Dabrabyt (formerly Bank Moscow 82-84 Aram Street Minsk) Yerevan 0002 Kommunisticheskaya Street 49, prem.1 Republic of Armenia Minsk, 220002 Republic of Belarus Ameriabank 2 Vazgen Sargsyan Street JSC MTBank Yerevan 0010 10 Tolstogo Street Republic of Armenia Minsk, 22007 Republic of Belarus Araratbank 87 Buzand Street Priorbank Yerevan 0002 31-A V.Khoruzhey Street Republic of Armenia Minsk, 220002 Republic of Belarus Ardshinbank 13 Grigor Lusavorich Street Yerevan 0015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Armenia Armeconombank Addiko Bank 23/1 Amiryan Street Aleja Svetog Save 13 Yerevan 375002 78000 Banja Luka Republic of Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Armswissbank Intesa Sanpaolo Banka 10 Vazgen Sargsyan Street Obala Kulina bana 9a Yerevan 0010 71000 Sarajevo Republic of Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Converse Bank Raiffeisen Bank 26/1 Vazgen Sargsyan Street Zmaja od Bosne BB Yerevan 0010 71000 Sarajevo Republic of Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Banque Du Caire S.A.E. Bulgaria Building 6, Dr. Mustafa Abu Zahra Str. Nasr City Cairo Eurobank EFG Bulgaria AD Egypt 260 Okolovrasten pat Str. Building C, Fl. 4 1766 Sofia Crédit Agricole Egypt S.A.E. Bulgaria Touristic Zone – Plots Numbers 9-10-11-12 And 13 United Bulgarian Bank Fifth Settlement – Cairo 89B, Vitosha blvd. P.O. Box: 364 (5th settlement) 11835 1463 Sofia Cairo Bulgaria Egypt Commercial International Bank Croatia 21/23 Charles De Gaulle St., Giza P.O. Box 2430 Cairo Egypt Erste & Steiermärkische Bank Ivana Lucica 2 10000 Zagreb Egyptian Gulf Bank Croatia El Orman Plaza Building 8 10 Ahmed Nessim Street Giza Egypt Egypt Emirates National Bank of Dubai, S.A.E Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait Egypt Plot 85, Banks area, El-Tesseen Street Building B227 – B228 Fifth Settlement K28 Cairo Alex Desert Road New Cairo Smart Village Area Egypt 12577 6th of October City Banque Misr Egypt 151 Street Mohamed Farid Cairo Egypt Bank of Alexandria S.A.E. Bulding 49, Kasr El Nile Street Downtown Area 11511 National Bank of Egypt Cairo 1187 Corniche El-Nil Egypt Cairo Egypt Attijariwafa Bank Egypt (formerly Barclays Bank Egypt) National Bank of Kuwait 12 Midan El Sheikh Youssef Street Plot No. 155 Garden City City Center, First Sector Cairo 5th Settlement, New Cairo Egypt Cairo Egypt Bank Audi Egypt Cairo-Alex Desert Road Qatar National Bank Al Ahli Bank SAE KM22, Pyramids Heights Office Park 5 Champollion Street Giza Down Town Egypt Cairo Egypt Georgia Jordan Bank of Georgia Bank Al Etihad 29A Gagarini Street Prince Shaker Ben Zeid St, 0160 Tbilisi Shmeisani Georgia Amman Jordan Basis Bank 1, K. Tsamebuli Ave Cairo Amman Bank Tbilisi 0103 Wadi Saqra St. Georgia P.O Box 950661 Amman 11195 Jordan TBC Bank 7 Marjanisvili Road Tbilisi 0102 Capital Bank of Jordan Georgia P.O. Box 941283 Amman 11194 Jordan Greece Invest Bank Building 43, Abdul Hamid Sharaf St Alpha Bank Shmeisani 40 Stadiou Str. Amman 10252 Athens Jordan Greece Jordan Ahli Bank Ethniki Factors S.A. P.O. Box 1578 128-132 Athinon Ave. & Ifigenia Str, Amman 11118 104 42, Athens Jordan Greece Eurobank S.A. Kazakhstan 8, Othonos Street 10557 Athens Greece Bank Center Credit 38 Al Farabi Avenue National Bank of Greece S.A. Almaty 050059 86 Eolou Street Kazakhstan 10232 Athens Greece Kosovo Piraeus Bank S.A. 4 Amerikis St 10564 Athens Banka per Biznes Greece 128 Rruga Ukshin Hoti 10000 Pristina Kosovo NLB Banka 124 Rruga Ukshin Hoti 10000 Pristina Kosovo Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo Credit Libanais S.A.L. 15 Rruga Robert Doll Corniche El Nahr, Adlieh Roundabout 10000 Pristina P. O. Box: 16-6729 Kosovo Ashrafieh 1100 2811 Beirut Lebanon Kyrgyz Republic Fransabank SAL Fransabank Center Bank of Asia CJSC Hamra Street 303, Prospekt Mira P.O. Box 11 0393 Bishkek Beirut Kyrgyz Republic Lebanon Demir Kyrgyz International Bank Societe Generale du Banque au Liban S.A.L 245 Chul Avenue Bloc 1 Bishkek, 720001 Saloumeh Roundabout Kyrgyz Republic Dekwaneh Lebanon Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank 5th floor, 115A Ibraimov Street Bishkek Republic of North Macedonia Kyrgyz Republic Komercijalna Banka a.d. Optima Bank Orce Nikolov No.3 493 Jibek-Jolu Ave 1000, Skopje 720070 Bishkek Republic of North Macedonia Kyrgyz Republic NLB Banka AD Skopje Majka Tereza 1. Lebanon 1000 Skopje Republic of North Macedonia Ohridska Banka Bank Audi SAL Makedonski Prosvetiteli 19 Bank Audi Plaza-Bab Idriss, Omar Daouk 6000, Ohrid Street Republic of North Macedonia P.O.Box: 11-2560 Riad El-Solh Beirut 1107 2808 Sparkasse Bank Macedonia Lebanon Makedonija 9-11, P.O. Box 386 1000 Skopje BLOM Bank SAL Republic of North Macedonia BLOM Bank Building Verdun – Rachid Karami Street Stopanska Banka a.d. – Skopje Beirut 11 Oktomvri 7 Lebanon 91000, Skopje
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