Amsterdam Trade Bank (ATB) is a commercial bank registered in The Netherlands, which is almost 100%-owned by the Russian Alfa-Bank. The bank focuses on providing trade financing for companies wishing to do business in Russia and former Soviet states. ATB is supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank and Central Bank of Russia.
History
The company was founded in 1994 as Stolichny Bank International, a subsidiary of the Russian SBS-AGRO Bank, to provide trade financing for companies wishing to do business in Russia and former Soviet Union.
In 2001 it became a subsidiary of Russian private investment consortium Alfa Group, controlled throughout directly by Alfa-Bank Russia.
In 2017 the international investigative journalist collaboration claimed ATB had aided in a Russian money laundering scheme.
Corporate governance
Acting directors of ATB in 2017 are:
- Harris Antoniou (CEO)
- Eric Steeghs (CFO)
- Peter Ullmann (CRO)
There are also a number of non-acting directors in Supervisory Board.