Turkish banks’ value rises
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Hürriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 02, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - As market value of the world’s banking giants erode due to the financial crisis, Turkish banks leapt forward in 2008. The "Global 500 Financial Brands" survey by Brand Finance and The Banker magazine, revealed over the weekend, showed nine Turkish banks ranking with global giants.
Turkey’s İşbank was the bank that leapt most in the ranking for 2008. As global giants such as Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns bankrupted and rivals such as Citigroup and Merrill Lynch eroded in market value, İşbank ranked as the 84th most valuable financial institution of 2008. The Turkish bank stood as 190th in the 2007 list. The market value of İşbank rose to $1.2 billion, from $557 million in 2007, the survey showed.
Yapı Kredi, Garanti, others on the list
Turkey’s Yapı Kredi ranked 121st in the 2008 list, while Garanti stood as 134th and Akbank as 137th.
Halkbank and Türk Ekonomi Bankası, meanwhile, were able to make it to the list for the first time, as 224th and 323rd, respectively. Vakıfbank, Finansbank and Denizbank also made it to the list. Of the nine Turkish banks ranked, seven were awarded "A" in brand value in 2008.
The global list includes 500 banks from 62 countries. The best financial brand remained unchanged as HSBC, despite its brand value falling from $35 billion to $25 billion. The British banking giant was the only brand that retained the "AAA+" brand value.
Citigroup, which ranked as the second in 2007, retreated to number seven, while Bank of America rose to the second place. Bank of America had acquired Merrill Lynch for $50 billion last year.
The 500 financial institutions lost 51 percent of their market value in total, which stood at $3.9 trillion. A total of 209 financial institutions, many from the developed world, which made it to the 2007 list were absent from the 2008 list. The ranking included 105 U.S. banks, while banks from Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Philippines, Pakistan, Venezuela and Nigeria made it to the list.
Yapı Kredi, Garanti, others on the list
Turkey’s Yapı Kredi ranked 121st in the 2008 list, while Garanti stood as 134th and Akbank as 137th.
Halkbank and Türk Ekonomi Bankası, meanwhile, were able to make it to the list for the first time, as 224th and 323rd, respectively. Vakıfbank, Finansbank and Denizbank also made it to the list. Of the nine Turkish banks ranked, seven were awarded "A" in brand value in 2008.
The global list includes 500 banks from 62 countries. The best financial brand remained unchanged as HSBC, despite its brand value falling from $35 billion to $25 billion. The British banking giant was the only brand that retained the "AAA+" brand value.
Citigroup, which ranked as the second in 2007, retreated to number seven, while Bank of America rose to the second place. Bank of America had acquired Merrill Lynch for $50 billion last year.
The 500 financial institutions lost 51 percent of their market value in total, which stood at $3.9 trillion. A total of 209 financial institutions, many from the developed world, which made it to the 2007 list were absent from the 2008 list. The ranking included 105 U.S. banks, while banks from Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Philippines, Pakistan, Venezuela and Nigeria made it to the list.