Awards & Certificates
"Honors" and "Silver" Awards in Annual Report Competition by MerComm
Garanti received 2 awards in the MerComm Annual Report Competition - the ARC Awards - that are globally recognized as the 'Oscars' of the Annual Report Competition, providing a platform for the highest standards in the annual report industry. Garanti is recognized with an Honors Award in "Overall Annual Report" category among international banks and a Silver Award (2nd place) in "Green and Environmentally Sound Annual Report" category where thousands of companies from 60 different countries competed.
"Silver Vision Award" by League of American Communications Professionals LACP
Garanti Annual Report 2008 is awarded with the "Silver Vision Award" in the banking sector category for those with revenues between $1bn-$10bn by a global organization LACP- League of American Communications Professionals - where 3,500 companies from 22 different countries competed for annual report awards.
Garanti received awards in 5 different categories at Turkey's First IR Awards organized by Acclaro.
- "Best Investor Relations Department": # 1
- "Best Investor Relations by CEO": # 1
- "Best Investor Relations Officer": # 3
- "Best Communication of Financial Results": # 2
- "Best Investor Relations Website": # 2
The candidates were selected by votes from distinguished investors and analysts from international financial institutions via an initial electronic polling by Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys. Following the electronic polling audited by Deloitte, winners were selected by the jury from a short list of 10 nominations in each category.
"The Best Bank of Turkey" by Euromoney for the 9th time
Garanti has been selected as Turkey's best bank by Euromoney magazine, receiving the "Euromoney Award for Excellence" for the ninth time. In a statement, Euromoney said the award came as a result of the bank's impressive financial performance in 2007 despite the global turbulence. Factors that led Garanti towards the award include Garanti's strong growth, top spot in the cash and non-cash lending-fields, leading role as a mortgage lender, strong client focus, rapid expansion of branches network, as well as trust of international investment banks on Garanti even during the global turbulence.
"The Bank of the Year" by The Banker
Garanti was recognized as "The Bank of the Year 2008" by The Banker for its strong management and prudent risk approach. With the launch of 40 new products, massive branch growth and leadership in consumer loans and mortgages, Garanti, Turkey's second largest private bank, had its most successful year ever in 2007 with record results and performances in almost all key areas. Highly competent human resources backed by state-of-the-art technology and prudent banking practices enabled Garanti to sustain its outstanding performance despite the volatile market conditions.
"The Best of the Year" by Acquisition Finance Magazine (ACQ)
As a leading player in the acquisition finance, Garanti Bank recieved The Bank of the Year Award from the Acquisition Finance Magazine (ACQ) for 2008. This global excellence award demonstrates the recognition of Garanti's outstanding performance during difficult credit market conditions by M&A industry.
"Shipping Financier of the Year" in Lloyd's List Turkish Shipping Awards
Garanti was the winner of Lloyd's List Turkish Shipping Awards as the "Shipping Financier of the Year".
"Best Outbound Campaign" by CCF European Call Center Awards
Garanti was recognized with the "Best Outbound Campaign" award by CCF European Call Center Awards, one of the world's most respected and prestigious organizations in the call center industry.
Garanti received STP Excellence Awards
Garanti's quality in payments formatting and straight through rate was recognized by Bank of New York, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank NA and JP Morgan Chase Bank NA with "STP Excellence Award". Garanti was also honored by Dresdner Bank with "Payment Quality Award 2007" in recognition of its exceptional performance and remarkable achievements in the international payments business.
"garanti.com.tr" was nominated by Global Finance in various categories
Garanti was awarded as "Best Online Consumer Credit Site" and "Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site" by Global Finance in the "World's Best Internet Banks for 2008 Awards"
Garanti was further the winner of 10 awards in 4 separate categories at "Europe's Best Internet Banks for 2008 Awards*", with "Europe's Best Consumer Internet Bank", "Europe's Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank", and "Turkey's Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank" by Global Finance as the bank with the most nominations in Europe.
Golden Spider Web Awards 2007
Garanti's website at www.garanti.com.tr received the highest number of points among more than 3,000 websites in 53 categories in the 2007 round of Golden Spider (Altın Örümcek) Web Awards, the first and only completely independent award program of its kind in Turkey. In addition to receiving the grand prize for having the best website in Turkey, Garanti also placed first in the "Online Banking", "Financial Services", and "Advergame/Campaign" categories as well.
This was the fifth time that Garanti's www.garanti.com.tr website placed first in the Online Banking category. Garanti's www.paragaranti.com website, the most frequently accessed investment portal in Turkey, placed first in the Financial Services category while another Garanti website, www.garantipos.com.tr, placed second. Garanti's www.yazikdegilmicarlosa.com website which was set up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Garanti Online Branch and which paralleled an advertising campaign featuring footballer Roberto Carlos, placed first in the Advergame/Campaign category.
"Best Customer Loyalty Program Award" for Flexi Card
Flexi Card was nominated as "Best Customer Loyalty Program Award" within the scope of the 13th Sesame Awards in France.
Bonus Trink Card: The awards just keep on coming!
Bonus Trink Card won Master Card's "Best Use of Payment Technology" and "Best Co-Brand Card" award at the Co-Brands Conference held in Malta.
Bonus Trink Sticker, a first in the world, was awarded by Cards International Global Awards as the "Best Innovation in a Loyalty Programme". Bonus Trink Sticker was also selected "The Best Payments System" in the World BSS Awards 2008 granted at the Telecoms' Billing & Information Management Systems (BIMS) Conference organized by the IIR.
"Best Brands '08 Market Research" by Gfk Türkiye
Bonus Card received the top-ranking brand in the credit card category according to "Best Brands '08 Market Research" by Gfk Türkiye.
"The Best Prepaid Corporate Card Program of Europe" by MasterCard
Garanti is a trend-setter in the credit card industry. Its "Prepaid Corporate Cards" were honored as "The Best Prepaid Corporate Card Program of Europe" in the 2nd MasterCard Europe Prepaid Conference.
"The Leader Bank in Commercial Credit Card Shopping Volume" by Visa
Garanti, being awarded by Visa with its highest commercial credit card usage since 2004, was further chosen as "The Leader Bank in Commercial Credit Card Shopping Volume" this year as well.
Bonus entered Romania and collected the leading awards...www.bonuscard.ro website was recognized for outstanding achievement in website development with "Bank Standard of Excellence" and "Financial Services Standard of Excellence" awards at the 2008 WebAward, world's first and most prestigious web competition (www.webaward.org) organized by Web Marketing Association.
Bonus Card was nominated as "The Most Innovative Card of the Year" by 'No Cash', one of the most respected financial institutions in Romania.
Bonus Card was awarded as "The Best Banking Product of 2008" by one of the most prestigious media group's journal 'Piata Financiara' regarding the contribution for easy shopping via its contactless payment feature.
* The world's 50 largest financial institutions are excluded from the "European Region Best Internet Banks" category.