The chief director of the Bank Supervision Department in Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Mr. Petar Andronov granted a certificate for qualification and professional experience in banking to Mr. Georgi Denchov Petrov for his participation in West East Bank as a member of the Managing Board and an Executive Director, BNB announced.
Source: BTA (24.08.2004)

The new executive director and management board member of West-East Bank, Nabil Khalil Issa, received a certificate for qualification and professional experience in banking from the Bulgarian National Bank. Last week the same document was issued to the other executive director of the bank, Georgi Petrov. West-East Bank was licensed by the central bank in August 2003. The financial institution was set up with an authorised capital of EUR 7 million.
Source: Pari (02.09.2004)

The 35 Bulgarian banks and foreign credit institutions operating in Bulgaria registered a BGN 335.4 mln profit for the first nine months of this year, according to information provided by BNB, published yesterday. The result for the same period of last year was BGN 294 mln. According to the available information, the most lucrative institution was Bulbank with BGN 69.7 mln of profit, followed by Bank DSK – BGN 52.5 mln, and UBB – BGN 47 mln.
Source: Monitor (14.12.2004)