OTP Group tops the Central and Eastern European region for the third time in The Banker magazine’s Top 100 international banks ranking

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 12. 08. 10:09

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OTP Group leads the Top 100 CEE Banks ranking of The Banker magazine, a member of the Financial Times group, for the third consecutive year. The group’s members also took first place in this ranking in Hungary and Bulgaria, and the title of Bank of the Year was awarded to one of the group’s banks in three countries, the financial institution announced to MTI on Monday.

The Banker awards two separate annual awards to banks: one based on the ranking of the Top 100 Central and Eastern European financial institutions (The Banker Top 100 CEE Banks ranking), and the Bank of the Year awards (The Bank of the Year Awards).

The list of Top 100 Central and Eastern European financial institutions is led by the OTP Group again this year after 2023 and 2024, further strengthening its leading role in the region’s financial market. On this list, OTP Hungary and its subsidiary DSK Bank Bulgaria took first place.

The 2025 Bank of the Year award, which is awarded based on a detailed examination of balance sheet data, strategic initiatives, technological developments, new products and services, and sustainability efforts per country, was won by Crnogorska komercijalna banka (CKB Banka), a member of the OTP Group, in Montenegro, OTP banka d.d. – in Slovenia, and Ipoteka Bank in Uzbekistan.

The announcement recalls:

OTP Group started in Hungary and has now become one of the most stable, leading, independent financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe. The bank looks back on a 76-year history, and this year marks 30 years since it listed its shares on the Budapest Stock Exchange.

The bank is the most active consolidator of the region’s banking sector, having acquired and integrated 25 banks since the early 2000s, operating in 11 countries in the Central and Eastern European region and Uzbekistan, with more than 17 million customers and 40,000 employees. OTP Group’s balance sheet total exceeded EUR 115 billion on September 30, 2025.