The Bank of Albania licensed a bank suspected of being linked to online fraud. Who is behind Jet Bank, Durana Park’s virtual client?

DP MP Belind Këlliçi raises concerns about the licensing of an online bank and suspicions of links to Forex platforms.

He has raised concerns about the licensing process of a new online bank in Albania, warning of potential risks to financial security. In a public reaction, he states that the country risks turning into a terrain where suspicious financial activities can be institutionalized.

According to him, Albania has become a terrain where criminal groups test their limits, while one of the most widespread activities remains call centers that extort European citizens through financial fraud.

The MP emphasizes that he has addressed a request for information to the Bank of Albania regarding the licensing process of JET Bank, requesting data on shareholders, the source of initial capital and the verifications carried out by the Supervisory Council.

According to the central bank’s response, a preliminary approval has been given for the licensing of the institution, while the financial analysis is based on one of the partners, Idan Avishai.

The MP criticizes the institution’s response, emphasizing that it has not been clarified whether the shareholders had any connections to Forex platforms. He adds that public information indicates that executives of companies linked to the bank’s shareholders had connections to the Fortrade Cyprus platform, which was previously reported for unlicensed activity in Albania by the Financial Supervisory Authority.

“Directors of Jet Holding and Constador LTD (71.52% shareholder of Jet Bank) are linked to Fortrade Cyprus (which initially operated under the name FX Lider), a platform reported in 2018 by the Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF) for unlicensed activity in Albania.

However, in public information, it can easily be verified that Jet Bank has no previous experience, as it has not operated in any country in the world. There is no history of its operation, successful or not, outside of Albania where it has just received its license.

This fact is even more important if we consider that it is not a traditional bank, but the first online bank in Albania.

This information, easily accessible, is enough to raise the alarm.

What was denounced as an illegal activity yesterday, today risks turning into a licensed activity. Paradoxically, an online bank licensed by the Bank of Albania has shareholders linked to structures that have previously been denounced for illegal financial activity by another Albanian state institution.

It is up to law enforcement institutions to verify the legality of these shareholders, but today it is up to me to raise major concerns regarding the financial security and protection of Albanian citizens.

As if these doubts were not enough, the sole shareholder of JET Bank, Jet Holdings B.V., has registered the company Jet Tech in Durana Tech Park in November 2025, where we all know that one of the facilities is 0 taxes! ”, writes Këlliçi.

According to him, the fact that it is an online bank with no previous operating history makes the situation even more sensitive, while warning that the banking system should not risk turning into a “licensed call center”. The MP has warned that he will again address the Bank of Albania with a new request for more detailed information and that the matter will also be forwarded to law enforcement institutions.