This Directory presents a comprehensive database of information on circa 3,500 banks of the former Soviet republics, of which 1,500 are Russian and 2,000 from the other republics. For each bank the following data are provided: Name, address, phone, fax, teletype, SWIFT, Director, number of branches, registration number, types of licence held, value of authorised fund, contribution to authorised fund, assets, profit, data on correspondent account.
The database is compiled by East West Information Communication, a Russian--Dutch joint venture established in 1990, the partners in which are ING Bank of The Netherlands and four Russian institutions, Goscomstat, the Russian Ministry of Economics, SovinterKontakt--Agroservice, and Intertelcom. The Directory will be published twice each year, the second issue updating the first.