Rabobank Groep, the biggest Dutch
agricultural lender, will tap the growing market in Turkey by
opening as many as four branches for commercial banking after
getting regulatory approval last month.
The Dutch bank, formed in 1898 as a cooperative lender serving Dutch farmers, will open the first branch in Istanbul, Sipko Schat, Rabobank board member responsible for commercial banking, said in a telephone interview today. That number may grow to four in the next three to four years, he said, with staff increasing to between 100 and 150 from about 20.
Rabobank, grappling with a contracting economy at home, is focusing on food and agricultural industries in faster-growing markets including Brazil and Turkey as it trims some operations elsewhere. After obtaining approval to establish a bank in Turkey with $300 million in capital last month, it can start trying to expand in a market where banks had a return on equity of 16 percent in the first half of the year.
Read more: Rabobank Will Open Four Turkish Commercial Bank Branches - Bloomberg
The Dutch bank, formed in 1898 as a cooperative lender serving Dutch farmers, will open the first branch in Istanbul, Sipko Schat, Rabobank board member responsible for commercial banking, said in a telephone interview today. That number may grow to four in the next three to four years, he said, with staff increasing to between 100 and 150 from about 20.
Rabobank, grappling with a contracting economy at home, is focusing on food and agricultural industries in faster-growing markets including Brazil and Turkey as it trims some operations elsewhere. After obtaining approval to establish a bank in Turkey with $300 million in capital last month, it can start trying to expand in a market where banks had a return on equity of 16 percent in the first half of the year.
Read more: Rabobank Will Open Four Turkish Commercial Bank Branches - Bloomberg
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