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Gazprombank (Transnistria) is a large Transnistrian bank with headquarters in Tiraspol. It was established in 1993 with a capital of US$ 5.5 million. It is claimed to be a subsidiary of Russia's Gazprombank , although Gazprombank has not confirmed the ownership officially.
It has approximately 500 corporate clients in Transnistria, among them Tiraspoltransgas. In addition to its corporate clients, the bank is also a retail bank, offering mortgages and credit cards through branches in Transnistria's major cities.
The bank works with five corresponding banks abroad. It is also a Transnistrian partner of a number of international payment systems: Western Union, MIGOM, Anelik, Fast Mail, Contact, and Leader for money transfers.
Gazprombank (in Russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is the third largest bank in the Russian Federation. The Bank’s principal business areas are corporate banking, retail banking, investment banking and depositary services. Its banking activities also include securities trading, foreign exchange operations, precious metals operations, clearing operations and settlement services. The Bank has a distribution network of 43 branches and over 260 banking outlets located throughout the Russian Federation. GPB also has ownership interests in three other Russian banks. In addition Gazprombank is represented in the markets of Belarus, Armenia and Switzerland through ownership interests in three foreign banks: Belgazprombank (Belarus), AREXIMBANK-GAZPROMBANK GROUP (Armenia) and Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd. Gazprombank also has representative offices in Mongolia, China and India.
In August 2005, it purchased Gazprom Media, the largest Russian media holding, which includes the NTV channel and Izvestia newspaper, from the bank's parent company Gazprom.
The bank was nominated in 2014 for the annual Emerging Market Bond Awards, hosted by EuroWeek.
In July 2014, the United States Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on Gazprombank OAO that prohibit U.S. persons from providing it with new financing. In response, Gazprombank contracted former U.S. Senator Trent Lott to lobby on its behalf against the sanctions.