RBC DAILY. J&T Finance Group announced Wednesday its entry to the Russian private banking market. The Slovakian group will be offering these services under the brands of J&T Bank and J&T Private Banking. J&T Finance Group ranks among the biggest financial and investment groups in Slovakia and the Czech Republic with aggregate assets around €4 bn. The group operates in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia and Switzerland. Apart from J&T Bank, in Russia the group owns J&T Real Estate Vostok LLC, a firm that invests in the real estate sector.
As J&T Group said in a press release, Trety Rim (Third Rome) Bank was renamed in J&T Bank, Andrey Kuznetsov was re-appointed as executive board chairman and J&T Finance Group CEO Patrik Tkac was elected as board chairman. J&T Bank is to offer on the Russian market its private banking services to well-