BKT AWARDED AS BANK OF THE YEAR 2011 BY EMEA FINANCE MAGAZINE
London, UK (May 17th, 2012) – Banka Kombëtare Tregtare is awarded as “The Best Bank of Albania for 2011”, based on its superior growth, overall performance and innovation shown during 2011 by the prestigious British magazine EMEA Finance for the second time consecutively.
The award was delivered to Mr. Mehmet Usta, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Seyhan Pencabligil, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of BKT, in the ceremony that took place in London on May 17, 2012.
EMEA Finance, one of the most important financial magazines in the world that follows developments in the financial markets in emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa, awards each year best banks and financial institutions in these markets.
BKT, which recently celebrated its 86th anniversary, is the second largest and the oldest commercial bank in Albania with a total of 2.1 billion USD in assets and 1.7 billion of USD in deposits. BKT network includes 82 branches out of which 59 are situated in Albania and 23 of them in Kosovo, making BKT the biggest Albanian bank in the region. BKT has been recently evaluated as “The Best Bank of Albania for 2011” by the prestigious British magazine The Banker three times in total and twice in a row.