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Kont Bank

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Kont Bank
Company typeInvestment bank
IndustryFinancial services
Founded2010 (2010)
FounderBabak Zanjani
Defunct2017 (2017)
FateRenamed
SuccessorBonki Osiyo
Headquarters,
Area served
Asia
Key people
Fayzullo Salikhov (Acting Chairman)[1]
Websitekontinvestmentbank.tj [dead link]

Kont Investment Bank was a Tajiki investment bank operating in Dushanbe, under license from National Bank of Tajikistan. The bank's chairman was Fayzullo Salikhov.[1] On March 30, 2017, the bank was renamed Bank Asia (Bonki Osiyo).[2][3]

History

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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 was then wholly owned by R. S. Saidov.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Banking system". Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  2. ^ a b "Kont Investment Bank renamed Bonki Osiyo". Asia-Plus News Agency. March 31, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "News - CJSC "Bonki Osiyo" is granted a licence". National Bank of Tajikistan. April 17, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17.
  4. ^ a b "Tajikistan: Where Iranian Money Takes a Bath?". EurasiaNet.org.
  5. ^ "List of shareholders of bank". National Bank of Tajikistan. June 30, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.