The Public JSC 'A-Bank' (full named as , stylised as àbank), is a private commercial bank in

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, founded in 1992 and headquartered in

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since 2007. In early 2024, it was confirmed by the

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as one of the country's

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The bank was originally established in 1992 under the name Kyivprivatbank, and was later rebranded as Ukrainian Credit Bank. It counted

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among its co-founders. In 2004, the bank's head was found dead in his office. Ukrainian Credit Bank was placed under temporary administration in 2006 and subsequently recapitalized by investors including Viktor Medvedchuk, his associate

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and

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. In 2007, the bank restarted operations under the name Accent-Bank, It rebranded itself as A-Bank in 2010. and its head office relocated from

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to Dnipro. In September 2015, Ihor Surkis, his brother

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and their daughters together secured full control of the bank's equity capital.

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