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In February TBC Bank bought 20% of shares of one of the leading educational institutions in Georgia – the European School of Management in Tbilisi.
In March TBC Bank was awarded the most authoritative quality standard in the world – Certificate of Conformity with Requirements ISO 9001:2000.
In March, the American magazine “Global Finance” named TBC Bank in the rating of “The Best Banks of Emerging Markets of the World” and called it "The Best bank in Georgia".
In July, International Rating Agency FitchRating increased the rating of TBC Bank by two levels and awarded it a “B+” rating.
In May, the international agency Moody’s gave TBC Bank the following ratings for 2007: appraisal – stable, bank deposits in foreign currency – B3/NP, bank deposits in national currency – Ba1/NP, bank’s financial stability – D-.
On 30 September, TBC Bank's assets exceeded 1 bln USD, which means an 80 per cent increase in the bank’s assets over the previous nine months.
In autumn TBC Bank went beyond Georgia's borders and successfully implemented its first project directed towards regional development – TBC Bank bought 75 per cent of shares of Azerbaijan's SOA Credit.
In December TBC Bank began introducing an absolutely new type of bank branch offices for the local market, which were created in accordance with modern international standards. The project was implemented with the support of the International Consulting Company SENTEO.
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