Retail Banking Financial Update
BANK OF GEORGIA'S BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
The Group has introduced a number of resilience protocols and a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, which focused on four main pillars:
Operating continuity (customers and employees), supporting public health and communities, abundant liquidity, and strength of capital.
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• EMPLOYEES
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Anticipated national lockdown
promptly shifted all of our 2,000+ back
office employees to remote work
Implemented extensive safety measures
in the front office
Provided transportation to front office
employees
CUSTOMERS
Offered three-month payment holidays on
retail loans
Strengthened safety measures in cash vault
and ensured uninterrupted cash supply
Enabled businesses to adapt operations and
switch to digital sales
Enabled more retail customers to go digital
by launching mBank without data package
and removing fees on mBank/iBank
transactions for two months
O SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH
Donated 20,000 PCR tests, ten
ventilators, 50,000 face masks and
60,000 gloves to the Georgian
Government
Implemented maximum safety measures
in our branches
ABUNDANT LIQUIDITY
Strong liquidity and funding positions even following the
repayment of GEL 500 million local currency bonds due in June
2020
STRENGTH OF CAPITAL
Upfront provision of c.GEL 400 million for the full economic cycle
Strong internal capital generation
Strengthening capital position through Tier 2 instruments: The
Bank drew-down a $55 million second tranche of a Tier 2 capital
instrument initially arranged in December 2019
Dividends: Dividends will be resumed once the released capital
buffers are rebuilt
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Strong support from IFIs: The Bank achieved commitments for
US$200 million from IFIs during 2020
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Maintaining high liquidity given COVID-19-related uncertaintyView entire presentation