AIK Banka

AIK Banka
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryBanking
Founded10 August 1993; 31 years ago (1993-08-10)
Headquarters
Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 115đ, Belgrade
,
Serbia
Area served
Serbia
Slovenia
Key people
Vacant (Chairman)
Petar Jovanović (CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease 154.45 million (2023)[1]
Increase €76.84 million (2023)[1]
Total assetsIncrease €3.923 billion (2023)[2]
Total equityIncrease €819.10 million (2023)[2]
OwnerMK Group (100%)
Number of employees
2,000 (2024)
Websitewww.aikbanka.rs

AIK Banka (full legal name: AIK Banka a.d. Belgrade) is a commercial bank based in Belgrade, Serbia.

History

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1976–2014

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Upon being founded, AIK Banka initially operated as an internal bank of the Agro Industrial Combine (Agroindustrijsko komercijalna) Niš since 1976. On 10 August 1993, after obtaining the license of the National Bank of Yugoslavia, it became a full-fledged financial institution, working with legal entities and individual clients, registered as a joint venture.

Greek ATEbank acquired 24.99% of common and 24.99% of preferential shares of AIK Banka in 2006 for an undisclosed amount.[citation needed]

2014–present: Takeover by MK Group

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In February 2014, a Serbian company Sunoko (subsidiary of MK Group), became the major shareholder of the company with 50.37% of total shares at the time.[3] On 1 July 2015, the bank moved its headquarters from Niš to Belgrade, and also changed its legal name to AIK Banka a.d. Belgrade.[4]

In 2015, AIK Banka became a member of the MK Group. By purchasing the shares of the Slovenian Gorenjska Banka in 2016, AIK Banka increased its income and profitability, continuing its expansion outside the Serbian market, i.e. toward the EU.[citation needed]

Locally, AIK Banka ensured further growth by acquiring 100% of shares of Alpha Bank in April 2017.[5] On 22 December 2017, Jubanka has completed the process of merging into AIK Banka and more than 800 of Jubanka's employees have left the company from June until December 2017.[6][7]

As of December 2017, AIK Banka owns 75.99% of shares in Slovenian Gorenjska banka.[8][9] As of December 2017, Gorenjska banka controls 4.7% of Slovenian banking market share.[8] AIK Banka finished the 2017 calendar year with record 101.97 million euros of net profit, the most in the Serbian banking market.[10] In November 2021, AIK Banka bought the majority of shares of Sberbank Srbija.[11] The process of merging was completed in December 2022.[12]

In March 2023, AIK Banka bought the majority of shares of another bank operating in Serbia, Eurobank Direktna, for a total of 280 million euros.[13]

Prizes and awards

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The European Business Council, a renowned independent corporation of economic, social and humanitarian collaboration, acknowledged AIK Banka as the best regional institution at the International Socrates Award Ceremony [14] in 2016. Simultaneously, the President of the Executive Board, Ms. Jelena Galić, was named the manager of the year. Additionally, two years in a row, in 2015 and 2016, AIK Banka was a recipient of a prestigious award of a renowned international magazine ‘International Banker’,[15] for the best commercial bank in Serbia and for providing best customer services in Eastern Europe.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AIK Banka Income Statement (2023)" (PDF). www.aikbanka.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "AIK Banka Balance Sheet (2023)" (PDF). www.aikbanka.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Kostić kupio AIK banku". politika.rs (in Serbian). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Kostić preselio AIK banku". b92.net/ (in Serbian). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ^ "AIK Banka kupila Alpha Banku, vraća se ime Jubanka". bif.rs (in Serbian). 12 April 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ "U Jubanci bez posla ostaje 800 radnika". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 18 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ O., M. (25 December 2017). "AIK banka: Dođite u ekspoziture po platne kartice". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Sava to sell its stake in Gorenjska Banka to Serbia's AIK – report". reuters.com. Reuters. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Kostić će za Gorenjsku banku platiti čak 80 milijuna eura". poslovni.hr (in Croatian). 17 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^ Obradović, Miloš (25 April 2018). "Kostićeva AIK banka zaradila 100 miliona evra". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Nastavlja se ukrupnjavanje banaka: Aik banka kupila Sberbanku Srbija". novaekonomija.rs (in Serbian). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. ^ "AIK BANKA ZAVRŠILA PROCES PRIPAJANJA NAŠE AIK BANKE". kamatica.com (in Serbian). danas.rs. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Serbia's AIK Banka to acquire Eurobank Direktna for 280 mln euro". seenews.com. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  14. ^ "AIK Banka proglašena za najbolje regionalno preduzeće - Nedeljnik". Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  15. ^ "AIK Banka proglašena za najbolju banku u Srbiji". 20 December 2016.
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