Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Expobank CZ was owned by whom from 2008 to 2014?
Expobank CZ Expobank CZ a.s . is a Czech bank , founded in 1991 . It is a nationwide bank for corporate and individual clients . The Bank focuses primarily on international corporate banking and cooperation within the Expobank Group . Since 2014 , the Russian entrepreneur Igor Kim has been the majority shareholder and owner . History . The original bank was established in 1991 as a Swiss-Hungarian joint venture under the name InterBank , akciová společnost ( joint-stock company ) and obtained a banking license on 28.12.1991 ; the current valid license ( after the re-licensing ) was received under the name Interbanka , akciová společnost ( joint-stock company ) on 13 . 2 . 2004 and was supplemented on 6.5.2005 . Between 1993 and 1997 a number of changes in the shareholder structure took place ; this transition period stabilized at the end of 1997 , when the German Bayerische Landesbank became the majority shareholder and the Hungarian Magyar Kulkereskedelmi Bank ( MKB ) and the Austrian Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft AG ( BAWAG ) became minority shareholders . In September 2003 , BAWAG became the sole shareholder of Interbank a.s . and in June 2004 the bank was renamed BAWAG Bank CZ a.s . In September 2004 , BAWAG acquired 100% of the shares of another bank on the Czech market - Dresdner Bank CZ a.s . Dresdner Bank CZ a.s . was founded in 1991 as a joint venture of the French Banque National de Paris ( BNP , later BNP Paribas ) and the German Dresdner Bank AG , and under the original name BNP-Dresdner Bank ( ČSFR ) a.s . obtained a banking license on 3.9.1991 . In 2001 Dresdner Bank AG became the sole shareholder of the bank , which was given a new license ( re-licensed after the amendment to the Banking Act ) under the name Dresdner Bank CZ a.s . on 4.11.2003 . After BAWAG became the sole shareholder , Dresdner Bank CZ a.s . was renamed BAWAG International Bank CZ a.s . and ceased to exist on 31 March 2005 as a result of the merger with BAWAG Bank CZ a.s . as a successor bank . In September 2008 , another change occurred when German Landesbank Baden-Württemberg ( LBBW ) became the sole shareholder and BAWAG Bank CZ a.s . was renamed LBBW Bank CZ a.s . as part of the LBBW Group . The parent LBBW is both a commercial bank and a central bank of local savings banks in Baden-Württemberg , Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate and is one of the largest banks in Germany . In January 2014 , LBBW agreed to sell LBBW Bank CZ to the Russian bank Expobank owned by the entrepreneur Igor Kim . At the end of November 2014 , the branch network has been reduced . Since the end of 2014 , Igor Kim has been the majority owner of the Czech bank . On 15 . 10 . 2014 the business name of the bank was changed to Expobank CZ a.s . In March 2016 , Expobank CZ a.s . repurchased EAST Portfolio , s.r.o . in which it acquired a 100% stake from the German LBBW . In March 2017 Expobank CZ a.s . was the first Czech bank to enter the Serbian market , where it became the sole shareholder of Marfin Bank a.d . Beograd . Marfin Bank subsequently changed its business name to Expobank Beograd . In October 2018 , Expobank announced the opening of its Cryptocurrency trading and investing services . Since April 2019 , Expobank CZ has been based in the Trimaran building , on Na strži street in Pragues Pankrác district . In August 2019 , a branch that had been located on Wenceslas Square in Prague moved to the neighboring City Element building in Pragues Pankrác . External links . - Expobank CZ a.s .