Maib continues to be the first choice in banking regarding the opening of deposits, according to the data presented by the NBM for June, the leader of the banking sector in the Republic of Moldova maintaining its primacy both in deposits attracted in national (MDL) and in foreign currency (EUR, USD).
The total amount of deposits in MDL opened by maib customers was 15.24 billion MDL in June, compared to 14.94 billion MDL in the previous month. At the same time, the bank maintains its undisputed leading position, including the amount of deposits opened by customers in foreign currency, during the reference period 12.78 billion MDL being deposited in foreign currency by maib customers. Overall, the data for the first semester of the current year reveal that maib holds a 32.7% share of the deposits of the entire banking sector, this means that every third customer chooses maib among the 11 banks in the country for placing deposits in reliable conditions, transparency, safety and competitive advantages.
Maib ranks first in the banking sector including indicators such as:
- the largest amount of deposits in national currency attracted from individuals (9.65 billion MDL);
- the largest amount of deposits in foreign currency attracted from individuals, constituting the equivalent of 8.19 billion MDL.
At the same time, the share of deposits opened online in June this year, directly from the maibank mobile app, reached 45.5%, the share of customers choosing digital solutions for opening deposits increasing constantly. Thus, only in June, 3 447 customers chose to open a deposit account directly from the maibank mobile app, without visiting a maib branch, and since the beginning of the year 11 057 deposits have been opened online.
Aliona Stratan, First Vice-President of maib:
"We would like to thank maib customers for their trusting investment and for choosing the leader of the banking sector in the Republic of Moldova for deposit placement. I want to assure them that we are working day by day to increase the savings placed at maib and develop projects to support customers and the economy in this period marked by the geopolitical context. We have reliable partners and shareholders with us, such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, together supporting the economy and bringing banking to the next level".
According to recent studies by independent research agencies, maib is the bank with the highest trust among respondents.
Maib is the largest bank in Moldova, with a share of 32.7% of deposits of the entire banking system at the end of the second quarter of 2022. The bank is of systemic importance and serves almost 30% of the country's population.
As of 2018, maib's largest shareholder is a consortium, which includes the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Invalda INVL, a leading Baltic asset management group, and Horizon Capital, a private equity fund focused on emerging markets from Europe.
