New Development Bank starts business in Shanghai

BRICS

A new bank that will focus on developing countries is open in China’s economic hub, Shanghai. The New Development Bank or NDB is backed by the BRICS group of emerging economic powers – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The bloc pledges to facilitate growth through their financial input.
CCTV’s Ming Tian filed this report.

More details:

  • Indian former banker Kundapur Kamath takes the post of first president of the NDB.
  • The presidency is rotated every 5 years in the order of India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and then China. Each country will also provide at least one vice president to the bank.
  • The Bank has an initial authorized capital of $100 billion. $50 billion of that is open to subscription. The bank is planning to issue its first loans in April 2016.

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