First non-resident bank got the access to the Belarusian foreign exchange market

OJSC “Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange” informs that in order to develop financial markets integration within the Eurasian Economic Union, all necessary procedures were carried out and successfully completed in February and March 2016 for the first non-resident bank of the Republic of Belarus to obtain the status of trading participant on the foreign exchange market.

Since 16.02.2016, the Interstate Bank (Moscow, Russian Federation) has got the access to the Belarusian foreign exchange market. In March 2016, Interstate Bank used the remote access to the BCSE electronic trading system and took part in trades in foreign currencies for the first time, and made the first transaction of purchase and sale of foreign currency.