Gazprombank (Transnistria) is a large

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

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with headquarters in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

. It was established in 1993 with a capital of US$5.5 million. It is claimed to be a subsidiary of

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Gazprombank Gazprombank (russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is its largest shareholder. The bank’s principal busine ...

(russian: АКБ Газпромбанк, sometimes transcribed as Gasprombank), although Gazprombank has not confirmed the ownership officially. It has approximately 500 corporate clients in Transnistria, among them Tiraspoltransgas. In addition to its corporate clients, the bank is also a retail bank, offering mortgages and credit cards through branches in Transnistria's major cities. The bank works with five corresponding banks abroad. It is also a Transnistrian partner of a number of international payment systems:

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, MIGOM, Anelik, Fast Mail, Contact, and Leader for money transfers.

External links

Gazprombank (PMR), official site
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