HALKBANK: THE POWERFUL BANK OF PRODUCTIVE TURKİYE

Halkbank continues to be the driving force behind the sustainable development movement with its strong support for Productive Türkiye

Being the main financing provider of SMEs with craftsmen, artisans, women, and young entrepreneurs for 86 years, Halkbank; continues its Türkiye’s growth, growing with Türkiye journey in our Republic’s new century emphatically while supporting production, investment, exports, and employment rate. With its 27,000 employees, and 1,192 service units that work tirelessly to ensure the stability of the economy, “People’s Bank” contributes to a sustainable economy in every field. With its 6 branches in TRNC and Bahrain, 2 agencies in London and Tehran, and 88 branches that belong to affiliates in Macedonia and Serbia, Halkbank represents the financial power the Turkish Republic has reached across borders proudly.

Believing that change is the path to success in new-generation banking, Halkbank builds the future of banking with digital banking investments in accordance with the aim of the “National Technological Movement” and “Century of Turkiye” from today. Making it easier with the innovative solutions it offers to customers like mobile banking apps, digital payment systems, online banking services, and the wearable payment device Paraf RingPay, Halkbank is the first bank to establish an event center in the Metaverse universe.

BY THE GROWING TÜRKİYE

Being the leading bank for SMEs in Türkiye with the 19 percent share it reached, Halkbank contributes to production with 620 billion liras worth of credit it provides for SMEs as of June 2023. It stands with people and is a supporter of craftsmen by extending credit of TRY 450 billion to 4,1 billion craftsmen. It is the bank of producing women with the financial resources of TRY 55 billion to 215 thousand woman entrepreneurs. Providing credit support of TRY 24 billion to entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas, it is leading the improvement and consolidation of the entrepreneur ecosystem in our country. Türkiye has become a prominent country in recent years, particularly in terms of supporting and emphasizing domestic and national production, as well as its focus on technology usage and digitalization.

The Istanbul International Financial Center (IIFC) is a complementary part of this brand. Halkbank, which contributes with its 86 years of accumulated experience to our country’s financial ecosystem, has taken its place in the IIFC as the most steadfast supporter of the new financial architecture that prioritizes inclusiveness, strength, sustainability, and balanced growth. Having reached an equity of TRY 122,8 billion in the first half of 2023, exceeded an asset size of TRY 2,2 trillion, and increased its total loan volume to TRY 1.8 trillion with its advanced banking infrastructure and robust liquidity approach, Halkbank is the driving force behind the sustainable development movement.

Creating innovative solutions directed at its sustainable environmental, social, and economic ambitions, Halkbank represents Türkiye successfully at international levels as well. Halkbank, along with a total of 20 awards in the prestigious “Stevie International Business Awards 2023”, has the title of the only Turkish bank that remained at the top of the list for consecutive 3 years in the categories of “Finance Institution of the Year” and “Bank of the Year”. The bank also received silver and honorary awards at the Global SME Finance Awards 2023, in the categories of “Best SME Financier in Europe” and “Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs”.

ecoming one of the most successful companies as it was deemed worthy of 30 awards by ‘The Globee Awards’, one of the leading award programs in America, Halkbank increased its global brand value.