TIRANA, April 34 – Turkish owned Banka Komb쵡re Tregtare (BKT), the second biggest bank in Albania part of Calik Group, has been awarded by the prestigious British magazine EMEA Finance “The Best Bank of Albania” for the second year in a row.
The award, which was recently announced, will be delivered in the ceremony that will take 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.
Another inspiring evaluation has been JCR Eurasia Rating’s reaffirmation of the credit rating ‘AAA (Alb)’ along with a ‘stable’ outlook to Banka Kombetare Tregtare Sh.A. (BKT), on the long term national scale, which denotes the highest investment grade. This rating has been given to BKT for the fourth time in a row. Furthermore, JCR-ER increases BKT’s Long Term International Local Currency Grade to “BB+” in parallel with the increase in the Country grade.
2011 has been a year full of evaluations and awards. Wells Fargo, one of the biggest American banks, has given to BKT “2011 Straight-Through-Processing (STP) Award”. This award testifies the high accuracy and efficiency of BKT in transfer payments which result in higher customer satisfaction.
BKT, which recently celebrated its 86th anniversary, is the second largest and the oldest commercial bank in Albania with a total of 1.9 billion USD in assets and 1.6 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 also 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.
BKT expands branch network
Banka Komb쵡re Tregtare keeps expanding its branch network, reaching a total of 82 branches, out of which 59 branches in Albania and 23 branches in Kosova.
The two newest branches are the Hoxha Tahsim and the Kashar branches will provide all the range of products and services to all BKT clients.
