ParaKolay Competitors

With a digitalization and people oriented vision, we contribute to our economy and society. We make great efforts to help you make the best financial decisions by offering you the opportunities of the future with our dynamic business model, pioneering technology and innovative products and services. In 2010, we joined BBVA Group, one of the world's leading digital banks with a 160-year-long history, 75 million customers and 125,749 employees. And as of June 2019, we now operate under the “Garanti BBVA” brand. By joining forces with the world’s leading technology bank as the leading technology bank in Turkey, we aim to provide you with more opportunities. We are working with the understanding that ‘we are one team’ and we base our operations on ‘clear, transparent and responsible banking’ with nearly 20,000 employees to provide the most advanced banking solutions to more than 16 million customers and to excel in the experience we deliver. If you want to learn more about life at Garanti BBVA, including our talent and culture initiatives that enable employee development, you can check out our “Life” tab.

Akbank was founded as a local bank in Adana in January 1948. Established originally with the core objective to provide funding to local cotton producers, the Bank opened its first branch in the Sirkeci district of Istanbul on July 14, 1950. In 1954, after relocating its Head Office to Istanbul, the Bank rapidly expanded its branch network and had automated all banking operations by 1963. Floated to the public in 1990, Akbank shares began trading on international markets and as an American Depository Receipt (ADR) after its secondary public offering in 1998. Akbank established AKSecurities in 1996, AKInvestment Trust in 1998, AKAssetManagement Company and its Private Banking Department in 2000 and Ak Pension Company in 2003. Akbank acquired AKLease in 2005 and Ak Pension Company was sold to Ak Insurance in February 2006. Akbank conducts overseas operations through its subsidiaries in Germany (Akbank AG), the Netherlands (Akbank NV) and Dubai (Akbank Dubai Limited) as well as a branch in Malta. As part of the initiative to restructure its overseas subsidiaries, Akbank decided to consolidate Akbank AG and Akbank NV under the corporate umbrella of Akbank AG; the merger is currently underway. In addition to its core banking activities, Akbank offers a wide range of consumer, commercial and SME, corporate and private banking services as well as foreign trade financing. For more information about Akbank, please visit at http://www.akbank.com.

In 1997, DenizBank was acquired by the Zorlu Holding in the form of a banking license from the Privatization Administration. Undergoing three shareholder changes and done public offering in its short history, the Bank was acquired in October 2006 by Dexia, one of the leading financial groups of Europe. Later on, being subject to the biggest one-time investment made by Russia in Turkey, DenizBank started to serve under the umbrella of Sberbank, one of the biggest banks in the world, as of September 28, 2012. Finally, the Bank’s shares were transferred to Emirates NBD as of August 2019, again one of the leading institutions in its region.