Amsterdam-based GarantiBank International N.V. was established on 3 October 1990 and started its operations in April 1991. GarantiBank International N.V. is owned by GarantiBank Turkey, one of the three largest financial institutions of Turkey. In December 2005 General Electric Consumer Finance, owned by the well-known American corporation General Electric (the largest company of the world) acquired 25.5% of our parent bank's shares. GarantiBank International N.V. has been functioning under the laws of the Netherlands and the supervision of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).
GarantiBank International N.V. has been delivering added-value through boutique solutions in trade finance, private banking and retail banking. In trade finance, we are a leading regional expert in financing Black Sea, Caspian and Mediterranean basin countries' trade flows with a global approach. The Bank offers a full range of Private Banking services to an exclusive group of high net-worth individual and institutional clients, covering