Our Bank moves forward on its path, sticking to the mission
set out at its establishment in 1924, and proceeds to the
future with sound steps. İşbank trademark stands for trust
and stability for every segment of the society, and in all market
circumstances. İşbank operates as a safe-haven and as a
continuous supporter of the business world. Similarly, İşbank
has a great power in the international arena and successfully
represents the Turkish banking sector in all platforms with its
reputable identity.
Other important points we should remember regarding our
leadership are our collective capital structure as well as the
deep and extensive consciousness we have on this issue.
We serve the collective capital structure that has allowed
us to loyally maintain our underlying values that lie beneath
our success and principles since our establishment until the
present day. On the other hand we never forget that our capital
structure is not only the assurance of our leadership, but also of
our future.
The extensive capital structure ensures an individual sense of
responsibility as well as a common sense of responsibility, and
distinguishes us in competition.
These three pillars define İşbank’s leadership position, as
well as forming the trust and the source of energy of the
performance that we will carry on in the future.
İşbank represents one of the greatest economic powers of
the country and has an extensive reach.
Since its foundation, İşbank undertook the mission of
contributing to the development of the country. İşbank has
played a crucial role in Turkey’s development via making
investments, mainly in various sub-sectors of the finance
industry, utilizing the value it has produced in banking. With
more than 50,000 personnel and 121 enterprises in total,
İşbank is one of Turkey’s biggest conglomerates. Our group
produces permanent value for Turkey not only by generating
employment but also by its commercial operations.
The main components of İşbank’s subsidiary strategy are
positioning our subsidiaries as the leader and pioneer
institutions of the sectors they operate, having them
demonstrate a sustainable and satisfactory performance for
profitability and increasing their market values consistently.
In view of these principles, all necessary options and required
initiatives are taken, and all subsidiaries in the portfolio are
managed by taking global economic trends into account.
İşbank’s pioneering subsidiary in the glass sector, Şişecam
Group, operates in 13 countries with around 20,000 employees.
Şişecam Group operates in all of the main glass segments such
as flat glass, glass-housewares, glass packaging, glass fiber and
chemicals involving bicarbonate and chromium, and is accepted
as one of the world’s most premium producers thanks to the
extent of its scale, level of specialization and high competitive
power.
Our financial subsidiaries enrich İşbank’s range of products and
services offered to its customers with the business lines they
operate in, enabling sales of cross and complimentary services
and reinforcing the value-added production.
We implement our international growth strategy with
great care.
As a strong economic player, İşbank works towards being
one of the leading financial powerhouses over a wide global
geographical area.
In 1932, İşbank was the first bank to gain an international
presence during the Republican era. By the end of 2013, our
Bank continues its operations in a wide geographical area
through branches and subsidiaries in the banking sector with
49 branches and 2 representative offices with over 750 staff
working abroad in 14 different countries.
In brief
Its extensive service network
and sound fiscal performance
are the important factors
bringing leadership to İşbank.
İşbank enhances its reputation
and passes it on to the new
generations.
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differentiates İşbank in
competition.
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İşbank
Annual Report 2013
