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Bank Pasargad

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Bank Pasargad (Persian: بانک پاسارگاد, Bānk-e Pāsārgād), also known as BPI, is a major Iranian bank offering retail, commercial and investment banking services. The company was established in 2005 as a part of the government's privatization of the banking system.[1]

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Bank Pasargad
Company typePublic
TSE: BPAS1
ISIN: IRO1BPAS0008
IndustryBanking, Financial services
Founded14 December 2005
Headquarters430 Mirdamad Boulevard,
Tehran
,
Iran
Number of locations
327 branches across Iran[2][3]
Area served
Iran
Key people
Kazem Mirvalad
(Chairman)
Majid Ghassemi
(CEO)
ServicesConsumer banking
Investment banking
RevenueIncrease US$ 1.64 billion (2018)
Increase US$ 653.809 million (2018)
Total assetsUS$ 10.577 billion (2015) [3]
Total equityUS$ 1.607 billion (2015)[3]
Number of employees
3685 (2015)[3]
Websitebpi.ir/en

While established in Tehran, the bank operates throughout the nation with 3685 employees and 327 branches.[1][3] BPI is listed under the Tehran Stock Exchange. In 2006, The bank had an initial capital assessment of $250 million.[1] In 2009, the bank funded and established an art gallery in Tehran.[4] In 2013, The Banker magazine rated BPI as among the top "1000 banks in the world", ranking 257th overall.[5] The Bank is also on The Banker's list of the top 500 Islamic financial institutions.[6]

Cover committee

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In 2024 investigative journalism by IITV revealed the bank coordinated Iranian oil smuggling corruption through helping Iranian regime via a cover committee, its members consist of Ali Shamkhani, Yahia Alavi.[7]

Operations

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BPI operates as a private bank in Iran. In addition to offering short and fixed deposit accounts for domestic and overseas clients, the bank also provides letters of credit, treasury, currency exchange, corporate loans syndication, financial advisory and electronic banking services.[2]

Shareholders

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Pars Aryan Investment Company is currently the largest shareholder of the company having 13.99% of the bank's shares.[3] However, the bank holds about 55,264 other shareholders (both real and legal) based on the bank's annual report of fiscal year 2014/2015.[2][3] Pars Arian Group is also the major shareholder of Pasargad Financial Group (includes bank, insurance, leasing, exchange company and several other financial institutions).[8] The combination of the bank's shareholders comes as follows:[9][3]

Entity Real Legal
Number of shareholders (%) 49,883 (99,27%) 382 (0.76%)
Number of shares (%) 6,527,369,225 (21.76%) 23,472,630,775 (78.24%)
Total 55,265 (100%) 30,000,000,000 (100%)

shareholders also have witnessed a constant growth in their equity since the Fiscal year 2007/2008: (Numbers in Million IRR)[9][3]

Shareholders' Equity 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008
Balance sheet quantity 67,528,074 52,485,378 48,109,735 38,416,498 31,387,403 12,353,712 10,129,926 7,096,491
Growth Rate 28.66% 9.09% 25.23% 31.31% 154.07% 21.95% 42.75% 63.59%
File:Bankpasargadbranch.jpg
Bank Pasargad's Khovardin branch in Tehran
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Bank Pasargad's Kolahdouz St. branch in Tehran
File:Pasargad Bank branch at Amol.jpg
Bank Pasargad's branch in Amol

Financial Ratios

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Ratio As on March 20, 2012 As on March 20, 2013 As on March 20, 2014 As on March 20, 2015
Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 23.12% [9] 21.47% [10] 18.85% [3] 19.84% [3]
Return on assets (ROA) 4.91%[11] 5.11%[10] 4.65%[3] 3.08%[3]
Return on equity (ROE) 28.18%[9] 31.72%[10] 32.11%[3] 21.07%[3]
Earnings Per Share (EPS) IRR 360.85[11] IRR 441.55[9] IRR 522.29[10] IRR 301.02[3]
Price–earnings ratio (P/E) 5.14[11] 3.55[9] 4.98[3] 5.96[3]

Corporate governance

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File:Dr Majid Ghassemi in 2015.jpg
Majid Ghassemi, the Bank's CEO in 2015

Branding

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The bank's brand has recognized as one of top 100 Iranian brands in the 10th Industry Champions of Iran Festival and was registered in Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property in 2015 and has been allowed to use ® on its logo.[12] [13] Bank Pasargad also ranked among world's top-500 banking brands, based on an annual ranking done by The Banker (a Financial Times' Affiliate) and Brand Finance in 2021. According to the ranking's details, Bank Pasargad was among the top-10 climbers in both ranking change (89 ranks upward) and brand value (with a 53% growth).[14]

Venture capital

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See also: Venture capital in Iran

Pishgaman Amin Sarmayeh Pasargad Company (Shenasa) was established in 2012 as a venture capital investment fund and subsidiary of Pasargad Financial Group.[15]

References

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