Damyan Boyadzhiev, Borislav Mitov and Ilyan Tsanov are reputable professionals in the financial sector. What connects them is that they all work for Bulgarian private lender First Investment Bank (FIB). …
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Connected Offshore Companies Receive Huge Amounts from Bulgarian Private Lender FIB, Bank Employees Are Involved
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Bulgarian Central Bank Guards Secrets of Private Lender, Threatens Bivol
On Wednesday, Bivol received on its editorial email a reply to questions sent to BNB regarding large exposures of FIB to offshore companies with unclear ownership and evidence of connected …
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The Financial Supervision Commission Demanded from Bivol Information on Private Lender FIB’s Draining, Will Oversee the Bank
A week after Bivol’s publication on suspicious loans of First Investment Bank (FIB) to offshore companies that raise doubts about draining of the private lender, the editorial office received an …
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#WHO Reads Our Article about the Likely Drain of Private Lender FIB the Most?
After the publication of the article about the likely drain of FIB, our site was almost blocked by persistent checks from several IP addresses belonging to institutions and banks. We …
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On Friday, November 28, in its political talk show “This Morning”, bTV aired a report by journalist Stoyan Georgiev on the drain of failed private lender Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB …
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Bulgarian Central Bank Panicked and Is Trying to Get Away with Being Held Responsible
Bivol reported Friday that the Bulgarian Central Bank (Bulgarian National Bank – BNB) will probe information and evidence that private lender First Investment Bank (FIB) has been drained by companies …
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Bulgarian Central Bank Begins Complex Probe in Private Lender FIB
The Bulgarian Central Bank (Bulgarian National Bank – BNB) is launching an emergency probe in First Investment Bank (FIB). This was announced Thursday through an official statement from the supervising …
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Fresh 900 Million Levs of Public Money Was Quietly Poured in the “Bad Apple” FIB Again
Why for six months now, after receiving government support, First Investment Bank (FIB) cannot find 1 billion levs on the free interbank market and cannot return the State aid? Is …
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Notorious Bulgarian Lawmaker Transferred His Loans from Failed Lender CCB to FIBank
The puzzle is coming together. Bivol has insisted for a long time that controversial Bulgarian lawmaker Delyan Peevski has transferred his loans from the failed private lender Corporate Commercial Bank …
