Alternatif Bank

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Alternatifbank A.Ş.
Type Anonim Şirket
Industry Banking
FoundedNovember 6, 1991;31 years ago (1991-11-06)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
48 branches (2019) [1]
Key people
Omar Hussain Alfardan [2] (Chairman)
Kaan Gür [3] (CEO)
Products Banking
RevenueIncrease2.svg767.1 million (2019) [4]
Decrease2.svg219.2 million (2019) [4]
Decrease2.svg178.1 million (2019) [4]
Total assets Increase2.svg30.1 billion (2019) [5]
Total equity Increase2.svg2.4 billion (2019) [6]
Number of employees
885 (2019) [7]
Parent Commercial Bank of Qatar   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.alternatifbank.com.tr/en

Alternatif Bank, formerly known as ABank, is a Turkish bank with headquarters in Istanbul.

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History

The bank was founded in 1991 by the Doğan Holding and was enlisted in 1995.

Having completed 24 years in banking industry, Alternatif Bank is an important subsidiary of The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.), one of the leading banks in Qatar. Previously owned by one of the leading industrial conglomerates The Anadolu Group. With an asset size of 13.1 billion TRL (as of year-end 2015), Alternatif Bank operates via its 54 branches.

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