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- OTP Bank Nyrt. (OTP Bank) is Hungary's largest bank and a leading financial services provider in Central and Eastern Europe, offering a comprehensive range of retail, corporate, and private 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; and corporate finance, with operations spanning Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Uzbekistan via subsidiaries like DSK Bank, OTP banka Hrvatska, OTP Banka d.d. (Slovenia), OTP banka Srbija, Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka, OTP Bank Albania, OTP Bank Moldova, JSC OTP Bank and Touch Bank (Russia), OTP Bank JSC (Ukraine), and JSCMB Ipoteka Bank (Uzbekistan). Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, the bank maintains a dominant domestic market share of 29% in total assets, 34% in retail loans, and 40% in retail deposits as of June 2025, while its consolidated total assets reached HUF 44.3 trillion with a diversified loan portfolio comprising 28% consumer, 27% mortgage, 34% corporate, 4% micro and small enterprises, and 7% leasing. Recent developments include the July 2024 divestment of its Romanian subsidiary OTP Bank Romania to Banca Transilvania for EUR 347.5 million following a February 2024 agreement, the completion of the merger between Slovenian subsidiaries SKB Banka and Nova KBM into OTP Banka d.d. in 2024 after the 2023 acquisition of Nova KBM, the 2023 entry into Central Asia via acquisition of 75% of Uzbekistan's Ipoteka Bank (with the remainder planned for 2026), strong 9M 2025 profit growth to HUF 886 billion adjusted with ROE of 22.7%, FX-adjusted performing loan expansion of 10%, deposit growth of 9%, a stable CET1 ratio of 18.4%, and Moody's upgrade of OTP Bank to Baa1 in November 2025 alongside other positive rating actions from S&P and Fitch.