PM attends opening of E Kazakhstan affiliate of Halyk Bank

UST-KAMENOGORSK. June 8. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Today Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov has attended the opening of the regional affiliate of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC within the framework of a working visit to East Kazakhstan oblast.

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Delivering a speech, K.Massimov emphasized that "the opening of the regional affiliate of Halyk Bank JSC is a symbol of effective implementation of the program on combating the crisis on the instruction of the Head of the State".

"We see that the results of the first five months of 2010 are promising. The program of stabilziation of the country's financial sector gives positive results, depositors and borrowers feel the Government's support", K.Massimov noted.

Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC is one of the largest banks of the country. In the first quarter of 2010 the bank's net income increased up to KZT 11.4 bln.