Funding Strategy 

• Akbank has been a pioneer in Turkey in terms of providing diversity to the funding source of the banking system by launching innovative foreign borrowing products since its inception.
• We are a frequent and prominent issuer in the debt capital markets in diverse currencies, jurisdictions, maturities, and formats (subordinated, senior unsecured, etc.) with interest rates either fixed or floating.
• We lever our strong brand, robust financial results and our broad network of over 155 correspondent banks to tap international markets to further diversify our funding profile in terms of investor types, regions, products and instruments.
• Our strong reputation among international investor and lender communities has positioned Akbank as the Best Credit in any type of borrowing transaction in international markets and established Akbank as the Turkish market’s port of entry for any lending product

• Many first-of-a-kind deals we have introduced in the Turkish banking sector such as:
• The First the Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) Issuance Program
• The First Direct USD Denominated  Corporate Bond Issue
• The First Turkish Lira-Denominated Eurobond in International Capital Markets
• and accolades from prestigious international award programs such as:
• Global Capital
• EMEA Finance
• EBRD
• Euroweek
• FTSE Global Markets
• The Banker
• Euromoney
• Structured Finance International

Please contact us for further info and for your general inquiries at: diskaynaklar@akbank.com