{
  "id": 3279235,
  "title": "Azerbaijan's biggest bank enters Uzbek market with Davr Bank acquisition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/azerbaijans-biggest-bank-enters-uzbek-market-with-davr-bank",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:23:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews Business",
    "slug": "euronews-business",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/25/azerbaijans-biggest-bank-enters-uzbek-market-with-davr-bank-acquisition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The International Bank of Azerbaijan is expanding its operations by acquiring a 51% stake in Uzbekistan's Davr Bank. The deal is valued at €86 million. This acquisition will allow the International Bank of Azerbaijan to grow its corporate banking business.\n\nAccording to Euronews Business, the International Bank of Azerbaijan, which is Azerbaijan's largest financial institution, is making this move to expand its presence in the region.\n\nThe Business Recorder report, meanwhile, discusses Union Bank of India's recent bond issuance, but this appears to be unrelated to the acquisition by the International Bank of Azerbaijan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindu BusinessLine",
        "title": "Union Bank of India taps dollar debt market after 12-year hiatus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/union-bank-of-india-taps-dollar-debt-market-after-12-year-hiatus",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:19:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Union Bank of India taps dollar debt market after 12-year hiatus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/union-bank-of-india-taps-dollar-debt-market-after-12-year-hiatus-3265569",
        "published": "2026-08-25T12:44:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Azerbaijan's biggest bank enters Uzbek market with Davr Bank acquisition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/azerbaijans-biggest-bank-enters-uzbek-market-with-davr-bank-3283281",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:23:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}