The co-founder of Concord Bank, Olena Sosiedka, appealed to the Deposit Guarantee Fund to not hold an auction for the sale of the bank's armored collection car, but to transfer it to the military. She wrote about this on her Facebook page, UNN reports.
Concorde Bank has been under the management of the DGF since the NBU announced its decision to liquidate the bank. Currently, according to the Fund, the payment of the claims of the 9th priority of creditors (shareholders and related parties) is already underway - this is the last priority. At the time of the start of the liquidation procedure, the bank was profitable and there was no need to sell assets to make all payments. However, the DGF decided to hold an auction to sell the bank's collection vehicle.
"We were surprised to learn that the DGF is planning to sell the Concorde collection vehicle.
The armored Volkswagen Transporter is the only collection vehicle that the bank kept after the outbreak of a full-scale war - all other vehicles were transferred to the needs of the military to the Dnipropetrovs'k Regional Military Administration," Olena Sosedka wrote on her page.
The official website of the Guarantee Fund indeed contains information on the auction for the sale of a light-duty cargo van - a В Volkswagen Transporter (specialized with armored protection PCSA-3, year of manufacture - 2013) on January 3, 2024. The vehicle also comes with tires, load-bearing vests and protective plates for them) owned by Concord Bank.
"We are appealing to the Foundation to transfer this vehicle to the military as well, because thanks to the armor, such vehicles are able to perform operations related to the approach directly to the ground.
For our team, charity is a way of life. We hope that the Foundation will listen to our request and take into account the needs of the military," wrote Olena Sosiedka.
She also added that the bank's shareholders are ready to reduce the payments due to them by the amount of the car's value.
"I would like to add that the shareholders are ready for the value of the car to be deducted from the payments due to them after the sale of the bank's assets. Although we see no need to sell the bank's assets at all, as Concorde was profitable and has enough money to make all payments. This is also confirmed by the fact that the payment of the 9th (last) priority of creditors' claims (shareholders and persons related to the bank) is already underway.
We prepared and submitted an appeal to the DGF. We believe in justice!" - the statement reads.