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- OTP Bank Nyrt. (OTP.BD) is Hungary's largest universal bank and a leading financial services provider in Central and Eastern Europe, offering a comprehensive range of retail, corporate, private and investment banking products and services including current, foreign currency and retirement savings accounts; debit and credit cards; investment and fund management services; loans such as mortgages, consumer and corporate financing; securities services; premium wealth management; leasing through Merkantil Group; factoring; corporate finance; and digital banking channels encompassing internet, mobile and telephone banking. The bank operates through key segments comprising OTP Core Hungary; asset management subsidiaries; Merkantil Group; and country operations in Bulgaria (DSK Bank), Croatia (OTP banka Hrvatska), Slovenia (OTP banka d.d.), Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Uzbekistan (Ipoteka Bank); with a distribution network of 1,214 branches, 5,498 ATMs and 307,320 POS terminals across 11 countries as of mid-2025. Founded in 1949 as the state-owned National Savings Bank and headquartered at Nádor u. 16, Budapest, Hungary, OTP Bank Nyrt. lists on the Budapest Stock Exchange since 1995 and maintains major shareholders including MOL Plc. (8.9%) and Groupama Group (5.3%). Recent major changes include the July 2024 divestment of its Romanian subsidiary OTP Bank Romania S.A. to Banca Transilvania S.A. for EUR 347.5 million, culminating in deconsolidation; the August 2024 completion of the legal and operational merger of its Slovenian subsidiaries SKB Banka and Nova KBM into OTP banka d.d.; consolidation of Ipoteka Bank in Uzbekistan from January 2025 following its 2023 acquisition; issuance of USD 750 million Tier 2 notes in January 2025 and various MREL-eligible bonds totaling EUR 1.84 billion equivalent in 2024; redemption of EUR 500 million perpetual subordinated notes in February 2025 and announcement of EUR 650 million senior preferred notes redemption in March 2025; multiple treasury share buyback programs totaling HUF 240 billion approved and substantially executed through early 2025; and robust 2024 financial performance with consolidated profit after tax of HUF 1,076 billion, 9% year-on-year growth, ROE of 23.5%, total assets of HUF 43.4 trillion and CET1 ratio of 18.9%.