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OTP Bank Nyrt.
TypePublic
BPSE: OTP
BUX Component
CETOP20 Component
IndustryBanking, Financial services
Founded
Headquarters
Budapest
,
Hungary
Area served
Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Key people
ProductsConsumer banking, corporate banking, credit cards, finance and insurance, foreign currency exchange, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management
RevenueIncreaseUS$4.1 billion (2025)[1]
DecreaseUS$2.07 billion (2025)[1]
DecreaseUS$1.8 billion (2025)[1]
Total assetsIncreaseUS$54.05 billion (2025)[1]
Total equityDecreaseUS$14.5 billion (2025)[1]
Number of employees
40,845 (2025)[1]
SubsidiariesDSK Bank, CKB Banka, see full list in OTP Group section
Websitewww.otpbank.hu/portal/en/retail Edit this at Wikidata

OTP Bank Group is the largest commercial bank of Hungary and one of the largest independent financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, with banking services for private individuals and corporate clients. The OTP Group comprises subsidiaries in the field of insurance, real estate, factoring, leasing and asset management, investment and pension funds. Besides Hungary, OTP Group operates in 10 countries of the region via its subsidiaries: in Albania (Banka OTP Albania SHA), in Bulgaria (DSK Bank), in Croatia (OTP banka d.d.), in Serbia (OTP Banka Srbija), in Slovenia (OTP banka d.d.), in Ukraine (OTP Bank JSC), in Moldova (OTP Bank S.A.), in Montenegro (CKB Banka), in Russia (OAO OTP Bank), and in Uzbekistan (JSCMB Ipoteka Bank).[2]

As of 2026, OTP Group had more than 40,000 employees, 17.5 million clients, over 1,100 branches and its assets amounted to €124 billion.[1] OTP is the largest commercial bank in Hungary with over 25% market share.[3]

OTP stands for Országos Takarék Pénztár (lit. 'Nationwide Savings Bank'), which indicates the original purpose of establishment of the bank. OTP went public in 1995 and has a high free float shareholder structure (55.27% of its shares are hold by foreign shareholders); its largest shareholers are Hungarian MOL Group with 8.57% and French Groupama with 5.10%.[4]

History

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The oldest antecedent of OTP Bank was the First National Savings Bank of Pest, established in 1839–1840 and nationalized in 1948. In 1949, the latter's operations were transferred to the newly established Hungarian National Savings Bank Company (Hungarian: Országos Takarékpénztár Nemzeti Vállalat), one of the country's four main financial institutions alongside the Hungarian National Bank, the Hungarian Investment Bank (renamed the State Bank for Development in 1972 and liquidated in 1987),[5]: 386  and the Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank.[5]: 382  Until 1987 the National Savings Bank was the only retail bank in Hungary.[6] Since 1989 the bank operated as a multi-functional commercial bank with the authorization to provide commercial loans and banking services for banks and import-export transactions.[7]

In 1990, the National Savings Bank became a state-owned joint-stock company with a share capital of HUF 23 billion. Its name was changed to the National Savings and Commercial Bank. Subsequently, non-banking activities were separated from the bank, along with their supporting organisational units. The state lottery was reorganized into a separate state-owned company and OTP Real Estate was established as a subsidiary of the bank.[citation needed]

OTP Bank logo used between 1991 and 2007

OTP Bank's privatization began in the year 1995. As a result of 3 public offers along with the introduction of the bank's shares into the Budapest Stock Exchange the state's ownership in the bank decreased to 25 percent by 1995, then to a single voting preference (golden) share by 1999 (maintained until 2007).[8]

In 1995, OTP purchased Merkantil Bank, created in 1988 mostly as a vehicle finance provider, from its parent K&H Bank. OTP then started an international expansion targeting countries in Central and Eastern Europe, namely in Slovakia (2002), Bulgaria (2003), Romania (2004), Croatia (2005), Ukraine, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro (2006).

In 2008, the French insurance company Groupama acquired OTP's insurance business. As part of the transaction, they resolved to collaborate in strategic points and cross sell their financial and insurance products. Groupama S.A. thus acquired 8% of shares of OTP Group. This transaction allowed OTP to avoid the need of state recapitalization during the 2008 financial crisis; OTP only took liquidity support from the state, entailing temporary government interference in its governance, and was able to repay it fully by 2010.[8]

In April 2014, it was announced that OTP Bank was close to a deal to acquire the Hungarian MKB Bank from German firm BayernLB,[9] which however was not executed. In February 2016, French Axa Bank Europe announced it had entered into an agreement with OTP Bank to sell its Hungarian banking operations, which was considered to be a medium-sized bank in Hungary.[10]

In 2019, OTP Bank entered into an agreement to purchase MobiasBanca of Moldova. The agreement was finalized on 25 July 2019.[11] In 2020, OTP Bank sold its Slovakian subsidiary to KBC which merged OTP Banka Slovensko into ČSOB.[12] In 2021, OTP Bank acquired Slovenian lender NKBM and merged it with its Slovenian unit SKB Bank, thus creating a lender with a market share of around 30% [13]

In March 2022, due to international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War, OTP Bank stopped financing its Russian branch.[14]

On December 12, 2022, in Tashkent, OTP Bank signed an agreement on the privatization of 75% of the Joint-Stock Commercial Mortgage Bank "Mortgage bank". It is planned to close the deal in the first half of 2023, although the amount has not yet been disclosed.[15] 73.41% of the shares in Ipoteka Bank JSCM were acquired from the Uzbekistan government in June 2023.[16]

In 2024, OTP Bank sold its romanian activities to Banca Transilvania for €347.5 million.[17][18] In July 2026, OTP Bank announced the signature of an agreement to acquire Estonian lender Luminor Bank.[19]

Controversy

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On 5 May 2023, Ukrainian authorities added OTP bank onto its list of international sponsors of the Russo-Ukrainian War,[20] which the bank refuted. The Government of Hungary backed the bank stating that it would block any further EU aid to Ukraine until the bank is withdrawn from the list.[21] The bank was removed from the list in September 2023.[22]

OTP Group

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Map of countries with OTP Bank branches marked in green.

The Bank hosts an international organisation called the OTP group. The several parts of the group work in different areas of business.

OTP Bank Nyrt.Universal Bank
Merkantil Bank Ltd.Personal Loans
Merkantil Car Ltd.Auto Leasing
Merkantil Lease Ltd.Leasing
OTP Building Society Ltd.Savings Bank
OTP Mortgage Bank Ltd.Mortgage Bank
DSK Bank (Банка ДСК)Universal Bank (Bulgaria)
OTP Banka Hrvatska d.d. SplitCommercial Bank (Croatia)
OTP Banka Srbija a.d. Novi Sad Commercial Bank (Serbia)
Crnogorska komercijalna banka a.d. Commercial Bank (Montenegro)
OTP Bank JSC Ukraine Commercial Bank (Ukraine)
OTP CapitalAsset Management Company (Ukraine)
OTP Bank JSC Russia Commercial Bank (Russia)
OTP Bank (Moldova) Commercial Bank (Moldova)
OTP banka d.d. Commercial Bank (Slovenia)
OTP Bank Albania SHA Commercial Bank (Albania)
OTP Fund Management Ltd.Investment Fund
OTP Real Estate Fund Management Ltd.Investment Fund
Hungarian International Finance Ltd.International Financing
OTP Real Estate Ltd.Construction and sale of properties
OTP LakáslízingMortgage
OTP Factoring Ltd.Factoring, forfeiting
OTP Factoring Trustee Ltd.Evaluation and sale of properties
OTP PensionNon-government Pension Fund (Ukraine)
OTP Health FundHealth Fund
OTP Travel Ltd.Travel Agency
OTP Életjáradék Zrt.Pension Fund
OTP Bank UzbekistanIpoteka-Bank (Uzbekistan)

Buildings

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The OTP Group uses three closely located buildings on Nádor utca [hu] in central Budapest, respectively at numbers 6, 16, and 21:[23]

  • Nádor utca 6, erected 1912-192 as head office of Magyar-Cseh Iparbank (lit. 'Hungarian-Czech Industrial Bank'), on a design by architects Gyula Haász [hu], Béla Málnai [hu], and Sándor Heidelberg [hu]
  • Nádor utca 16, erected 1912 as head office of Magyar Agrár- és Járadékbank (lit. 'Hungarian Agrarian and Interest Bank', absorbed in 1926 by the Hungarian-Italian Bank [hu]), on a design by Albert Kőrössy [hu] and Géza Kiss [hu]
  • Nádor utca 21, erected 1910-1915 for the Nasici Tanning Company and Steam Sawmill Company, then head office of Ugriai-Nasici Fabank timber company, on a design by Sándor Révész and József Kollár [hu][24]

The building at Nádor utca 16 was attributed to the National Savings Bank in 1951,[23] and remained OTP Bank's legal registered address as of May 2026.[25] OTP initiated the renovation of the building at Nádor utca 21 in 2024.[26]

OTP has fund management and private banking operations in the Bank Center building bordering Liberty Square in Budapest, which from 2015 to 2022 was also the seat of the Budapest Stock Exchange.[27] It also has a branch in the Chemolimpex [hu] building in central Budapest, originally erected 1963 on a design by architect Zoltán Gulyás [hu].[28]

In 2022, many OTP Group staff who had been located in scattered buildings across Budapest moved to a state-of-the-art facility in the northern Angyalföld neighborhood of Budapest.[29][30]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Annual Report 2025" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  2. ↑ "OTP Group". Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ↑ "OTP Bank — Magánszemélyek". www.otpbank.hu. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ownership structure". Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 Imre Lengyel (April 1994), "The Hungarian Banking System in Transition", GeoJournal, 32 (4): 381–391, doi:10.1007/BF00807358, JSTOR 41146180, S2CID 150554109
  6. ↑ "Company profile". Bet site. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  7. ↑ "OTP Bank - History". www.otpbank.hu. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  8. 1 2 Péter Vass (March 2019), "Member banks of the Hungarian Banking Association" (PDF), Economy and Finance (GÉP), 6 (1), Budapest: Hungarian Banking Association: 90–91
  9. ↑ "Hungary's biggest bank OTP nearing deal to buy MKB". Reuters. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "OTP agrees to buy Axa's Hungarian banking unit". IntelliNews. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04.
  11. ↑ "Closing the financial transaction of the acquisition in Moldova" (Press release). Mobiasbanca – OTP Group S.A.| Prima bancă cu capital străin din Moldova. Cele mai accesibile credite, carduri. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  12. ↑ "KBC finalises acquisition of OTP Banka Slovensko (Slovakia)".
  13. ↑ Ralev, Radomir (22 August 2024). "Slovenian lenders NKBM, SKB complete merger". SeeNews. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "OTP Bank прекращает финансирование подразделения в России" (in Russian). ТАСС. 2022-03-18.
  15. ↑ "Венгерский OTP Bank приобретает «Ипотека-банк»". uz.kursiv.media. 2022-12-12.
  16. ↑ "OTP Bank officially becomes owner of Ipoteka-Bank". 13 June 2023.
  17. ↑ Cite error: The named reference zf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ↑ "Banca Transilvania and OTP Bank Romania became one bank". en.bancatransilvania.ro. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Hungary's OTP Bank signs agreement to acquire Luminor Bank". 20 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Hungary's OTP Bank outraged that Ukraine listed it as international sponsor of war". 2023-05-13.
  21. ↑ "Hungary demands Ukraine must allow OTP Bank to operate in return for EU military support". 2023-05-17.
  22. ↑ "Kyiv removes Hungary's OTP Bank from blacklist in bid to unlock EU aid". 30 September 2023.
  23. 1 2 János Botos (2020). "A Nádor utcai bankpalota, ahol száz éve a pénz lakik". OTPédia.
  24. ↑ Vera Göröntsér (1 June 2017). "Az egykori Ugriai-Nasici Fabank épületdíszei". Köztértép.
  25. ↑ "OTP Bank plc". Bank Pulse. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "OTP to Renew Historic Former HQ in Budapest". xPatLoop. 16 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "Headquarters of the Budapest Stock Exchange". Budapest Stock Exchange. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  28. ↑ "Zoltán Gulyás, Chemolimpex, 1963". Ost Architektur. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "New OTP office building on the way". Ravago Building Solutions. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "OTP M12 Headquarters, BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2023". Big See. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
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