BGEO Group PLC (the “Group” or “BGEO”), announces that its banking business subsidiary, JSC Bank of Georgia (“the Bank”) has been recognised as the Best Issuing Bank Partner for Women Owned Businesses in Europe and Central Asia in 2017 by International Finance Corporation’s (“IFC”) Global Trade Finance Programme (“GTFP”) in cooperation with Banking on Women Programme. Since 2008, the Bank has been actively using GTFP’s resources to extend its capacity to deliver trade finance solutions to its SME and corporate clients, including women-owned enterprises.