Kont Bank
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Babak Zanjani |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Fayzullo Salikhov (Acting Chairman)[1] |
| Website | kontinvestmentbank |
Kont Investment Bank was a bank operating in Dushanbe, under license from National Bank of Tajikistan. The bank's chairman was Fayzullo Salikhov.[2] On March 30, 2017, the bank was renamed Bank Asia (Bonki Osiyo), under which name it currently operates.[3]
The Kont Investment Bank was founded in 2011 by Iranian entrepreneur Babak Zanjani, who held investments in several Tajik businesses, including a bank, an airline, a taxi service, and a bus terminal that Tajik President Imomali Rahmon himself helped inaugurate in March 2013.[4] The bank came under scrutiny by the US Treasury Service, as a possible money laundering entity which was suspected of moving large sums of oil-related money on behalf the Iranian government.[4]
Zanjani reportedly sold the bank in 2015, and it is now wholly owned by R. S. Saidov.[3][5]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Banking system". Archived from the original on May 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Kont Investment Bank renamed Bonki Osiyo". Asia-Plus News Agency. March 31, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "Tajikistan: Where Iranian Money Takes a Bath?". EurasiaNet.org.
- ^ "List of shareholders of bank". National Bank of Tajikistan. June 30, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.