ATOS Bank

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ATOS BANK
ATOS BANK a.d. Banja Luka
Company type Private company (a.d. - akcionarsko društvo)
ZPKB-R-A [1]
Industry Financial services
PredecessorZepter komerc banka a.d. Banja Luka
Volksbank a.d. Banja Luka
Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka
FoundedMarch 1, 1999 (1999-03-01) as Zepter komerc banka a.d. Banja Luka
October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) as Volksbank a.d. Banja Luka
December 31, 2012 (2012-12-31) as Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka
May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23) as ATOS BANK a.d. Banja Luka
Headquarters
Banja Luka, Jevrejska 71, 78000
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Number of locations
27 branches (2024)
Area served
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parent ATOS BANK a.d. Banja Luka, BiH
Website www.atosbank.ba

ATOS Bank a.d. Banja Luka is a commercial bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is headquartered in Banja Luka [2] with stakes (ZPKB-R-A) listed on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange.

Contents

ATOS Bank (SWIFT code: SABRBA2B on the address "Jevrejska 71, Banja Luka", started operating under current name on 23 May 2022 when Bosnian Nova Banka bought ex Russian Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka which operated only on the market in RS entity.

In the Bosnian market, the bank operates as a private company with 27 branches, is a member of Deposit Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AOD) [3] and it is supervised by ABRS banking regulator based on CB BiH [4] regulations.

In March 2024, ATOS Bank and Nova Banka joined the ATM networks [5] and thereby enabled their users to withdraw cash with debit cards free of charge via creating the second ATM network in the Bosnian market after BH mreža bankomata - operated by BAMCARD.

History

Zepter komerc banka a.d. Banja Luka

On 1 March 1999, Zepter komerc banka a.d. Banja Luka was founded in Banja Luka. [2]

Volksbank a.d. Banja Luka

In July 2007, Austrian banking group Volksbank International [6] paid KM 82.1 million BAM for the purchase of the shares of Zepter Komerc Banka [7] from Banja Luka and officially became its owner.

Bank continued to operate within the international Volksbank group under the new name Volksbank a.d. Banja Luka (with sister company Volksbank BH d.d. Sarajevo).

In 2012, Sberbank Europe Group from Russia [8] completed its acquisition of 100 percent of Volksbank International AG (VBI), the umbrella institution that owned Volksbank d.d. BH in Sarajevo and Volksbank a.d. in Banja Luka.

Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka

At the beginning of 2013, Volksbank banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina were given the new name "Sberbank" - so former Austrian banks became Russian-owned banks in BiH and received new corporate names:

When Russia's largest lender Sberbank announced on February 2, 2022 that it was exiting almost all European markets, [11] blaming a large outflow of cash and threats to its staff and assets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions that followed, according to media reports, [12] it was stated that the operation of Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka was also threatened [13] due War in Ukraine.

Banking Agency of Republika Srpska (ABRS) on 2 March 2022 has announced that the purchase of Sberbank a.d. Banja Luka in RS has been completed by local Nova Banka, owned by the company MG Mind from Mrkonjić Grad, and current name ATOS BANK was presented on 23 May 2022.

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