Nominee profile: Akbank (SME Bank of the Year 2023)

SME Banking
01/05/2023 Article

Akbank’s core business is banking activities, which consists of corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, SME banking, consumer banking, payment systems, treasury transactions and private banking, and international banking services. In addition to conventional banking activities, the Bank also conducts insurance agency operations through its branches, on behalf of Ak Insurance and AvivaSA Pensions and Life Insurance.

Akbank has been supporting Turkey’s growth and development for over 70 years. The bank was founded to support the financial needs of local cotton producers in Adana with the mission to support the needs of its communities. This sense of responsibility has been a core motivation in the way of doing business throughout the years.

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