Garanti BBVA (legal name Türkiye Garanti Bankası A.Ş; formerly referred to as Garanti Bank in English) is a Turkish financial services company based in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. 86% of Garanti's stakes are owned by the Spanish bank

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present ...

(BBVA).

Overview

Garanti Bank is the second largest private bank in

with

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104.1 billion consolidated assets as of March 31, 2013. Having shares publicly traded in Turkey, the UK and the US, Garanti has an actual free float of 50.76% as of March 31, 2013; Garanti shares are publicly traded in Turkey and depository receipts in the UK and the US. Garanti provides services in all business lines including

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and

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. Together with its domestic and international subsidiaries (Garanti Bank International, Garanti Bank SA, Garanti Bank Moscow), Garanti offers service also in pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, brokerage and asset management. Garanti serves twelve million customers through 872 domestic branches, 7 foreign branches in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

and one in

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; 2 international representative offices in

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and

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; more than 5,290 ATMs; an award winning call center and Internet, mobile and social banking platforms built on technological infrastructure.

Ownership

The shares of the

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of Garanti Bank are traded on the

Borsa Istanbul The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) ( tr, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası, IMKB), the Istanbul Gold Exchange ( tr, İstanbul Altın Borsası, İA ...

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and

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. The shareholding in the bank's stock is as depicted in the table below:

Member companies

The companies that comprise the Garanti Bank Group include, but are not limited to, the following: * Garanti Bank International N.V. * Garanti Bank Moscow * Garanti Bank Romania * Garanti Asset Management * Garanti Securities * Garanti Pension * Garanti Leasing * Garanti Factoring * Garanti Payment Systems * Garanti Mortgage * Garanti Technology

References

Sources

External links

* {{Authority control Turkish brands Banks established in 1946 Banks of Turkey Companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange Companies based in Istanbul Doğuş Group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Turkish companies established in 1946