OTP Group Named Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe for 2025 by Global Finance

published atMarch 24, 2025Tags:awards

In four countries - Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, and Slovenia - members of the OTP Group were honoured as the Best Bank by Global Finance magazine's international competition, and OTP Group continues to lead the Best Bank list in the Central and Eastern European region also. This recognition underscorses OTP Group's excellence in financial performance, strategic initiatives, and innovation across the region. Additionally, OTP Group's sustainability efforts have been ranked among the best globally.

The international Global Finance Magazine, based in New York and present in 188 countries worldwide, has announced its 32nd annual awards for the World’s Best Banks. The overall regional winner in Central and Eastern Europe is OTP Group: The Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe for 2025.

For 2025, members of the OTP Group won the Best Bank awards in country category in Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, and Slovenia.

The Best Bank in Hungary for 2025
The Best Bank in Croatia for 2025
The Best Bank in Montenegro for 2025 (CKB)
The Best Bank in Slovenia for 2025

The magazine identifies the best banks based on a mix of quantitative and informed subjective factors, inlcuding for example asset growth, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development, and product innovation.

OTP Group’s Sustainability Efforts Again Ranked Among the Best in the World

This year, Global Finance has announced its selections for annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025 and OTP Group has been selected as the winner in 1 country, in 2 regional categories (CEE) and in 1 global category:

World's Best Bank for Transition/Sustainability Linked Loans for 2025 (global)
The Best Bank for Sustainable Finance in Central and Eastern Europe for 2025 (regional)
The Best Bank for Transition/Sustainability Linked Loans for 2025 in Central and Eastern Europe (regional)
The Best Bank for Sustainable Finance in Hungary for 2025 (country)

„Sustainable finance and transparency go hand in hand. OTP Group consistently integrates environmental and social factors into financial decisions, actively driving the transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Our teamwork, targeted ESG training, and transparent reporting have been key to our international recognition, positioning OTP as a regional leader in green finance.” - Gergely Pókos, Managing Director, OTP Bank Green Programme Directorate.

This is not the first global recognition for the OTP Group’ substainability effords. Last year, OTP Group was named the world's best bank for sustainability transparency by Global Finance Magazine in 2024 also. This acknowledges the intensive and targeted efforts of the Banking Group to keep sustainability at the forefront of its operations, risk management processes, green portfolio, and sponsorship activities.

OTP Group's Rapid Growth and Leading Position in Europe

Besides Global Finance, the performance of the banking group is recognized by numerous prestigious, independent organizations. In its inaugural ranking of Europe’s 50 largest publicly traded, best-performing banks S&P Global Market Intelligence named OTP Group as Europe's top performer in 2023.

According to The Banker TOP100 CEE Banks Rankings 2024, OTP Group is the leading bank in the Central and Eastern European region. Four members of the Group received Best Bank Awards: OTP Bank Albania as the Best Bank in Albania, OTP Bank as the Best Bank in Hungary, DSK Bank as the Best Bank in Bulgaria, and OTP banka, Slovenija as the Best Bank in Slovenia.^*

Thanks to its expansion in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia, OTP Group has become one of the fastest growing and one of the leading banking groups in the Central and Eastern European region. The banking group now serves more than 17 million customers in 11 countries with nearly 40,000 employees.

^*Based on data as of 31 December 2023 (Tier 1 capital data) according to The Banker magazine, a Financial Times financial market publication.