- CEO
- Mahmut Akten
- Full Time Employees
- 22,538
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- Levent Nispetiye Mah.Aytar Cad. Istanbul Türkiye 34340
- IPO Date
- Sep 8, 2009
- Business
- Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. (Garanti BBVA) is Turkey’s second-largest private bank, founded in Ankara in 1946 and headquartered in Istanbul. It offers a comprehensive range of financial products and services including retail banking; corporate, commercial, and SME banking; private and investment banking; payment systems; leasing; factoring; pension and life insurance; investment and portfolio management. The bank operates through an extensive network of approximately 790 domestic branches, 7 foreign branches (including 6 in Northern Cyprus and one in Malta), international representative offices in Düsseldorf and Shanghai, over 6,000 ATMs, digital platforms, and award-winning call centers. It serves more than 28 million customers with diversified financial solutions covering loans, deposits, credit cards, asset management, brokerage, and sustainable finance solutions.
Garanti BBVA is majority-owned (85.97%) by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) and maintains operations as an integrated financial services group in Turkey, the Netherlands, and Romania. The company has recently emphasized strategic priorities around sustainable growth, customer experience, and technology investment, particularly in artificial intelligence and digital banking. In 2025, it targeted providing 400 billion Turkish lira in sustainable financing, supporting carbon transition projects and green finance. The bank successfully executed a USD 500 million bond issuance and renewed a syndicated loan with full rollover. It reported strong financials in 2024 and 2025, including notable loan growth and asset quality maintenance amid market challenges. Garanti BBVA also continues to develop new product offerings and enhance omni-channel customer convenience to underpin its disciplined and sustainable growth strategy in the Turkish banking sector.