Product Factories

Yapı Kredi Leasing

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 98.85%
    Founded in 1987 to support investments in Turkey through leasing, Yapı Kredi Leasing is among the sector’s most solid companies and has been listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange since 1994. The key role of Yapı Kredi Leasing is to support Yapı Kredi Bank’s network in the distribution of leasing products, thereby supporting the business of the Group. Yapı Kredi Leasing is the only Turkish company that is a member of the Multilease Association, an international organization of major leasing companies.

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Yapı Kredi Factoring

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 99.95%
    Yapı Kredi Factoring, with its experience and proven service quality, is among Turkey’s strongest and most trusted factoring companies. Yapı Kredi Factoring’s vision is to maintain a leading position in the factoring sector through steady growth and value creation and to be the first choice of both customers and employees. The key role of Yapı Kredi Factoring is to support Yapı Kredi Bank’s network in the distribution of factoring products, thereby supporting the business of the Group.

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Yapı Kredi Invest

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 99.98%
    Yapı Kredi Invest provides capital market products, brokerage, corporate finance, derivatives and investment advisory services. During 2008, Yapı Kredi Invest transferred its services rendered to institutional clients and also its corporate finance operations to UniCredit Menkul Değerler so as to utilize the international expertise of UniCredit Investment Banking. The objective of this move was to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Yapı Kredi Invest in the retail segment and of UniCredit Menkul Değerler in the institutional segment.

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Yapı Kredi Asset Management

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 99.97%
    Yapı Kredi Asset Management carries out operations in mutual funds, private pension funds, discretionary portfolio management, investment advisory, private fund establishment and management services. The key role of Yapı Kredi Asset Management is to support Yapı Kredi Bank’s network in the distribution of the asset management products, thereby supporting the business of the Group. Rated for the first time in 2006 by Fitch Ratings, Yapı Kredi Asset Management was assessed again in 2008 and its M2+(Tur) credit rating, the highest rating among Turkish asset management companies, was affirmed.Yapı Kredi Asset Management launched Turkey’s first capital guaranteed fund in May 2008, entering the capital guaranteed and protected funds market with a leadership position.

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Yapı Kredi Investment Trust

    Turkey’s second largest investment trust, Yapı Kredi Investment Trust was founded in 1995 to act as a growth-oriented mutual fund. A publicly traded company, 89% of Yapı Kredi Investment Trust’s shares are publicly traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.Yapı Kredi Investment Trust’s objective is to perform portfolio management via trading capital market instruments listed on national and international exchanges. The asset management strategy of Yapı Kredi Investment Trust is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio and to make this value sustainable. Attaching great importance to risk management, Yapı Kredi Investment Trust considers portfolio performance to be the most important criterion. Taking into consideration portfolio diversification while taking advantage of investment opportunities allows the Company to maintain consistency amid fluctuations.

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Yapı Kredi Insurance

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 94%
    One of the leading providers of non-life insurance products, Yapı Kredi Sigorta has been a forerunner of quality activities in the insurance sector since its establishment in 1943, distributing its products through a large base of agencies and Yapı Kredi branches. Yapı Kredi Sigorta shares are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

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Yapı Kredi Pension

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 100%
    Operating in private pension and life insurance segments, Yapı Kredi Pension is among the sector leaders in both segments. Yapı Kredi Pension serves individual and corporate needs with a variety of product offerings. In addition to the “Smart Step” private pension plans, the Company offers risk-based life insurance products. With a rapidly growing participant base, Yapı Kredi Pension strives to establish long-term relations with its participants and increase customer satisfaction. Launched for this purpose, the Company’s segmentation project was finalized in 2008. In light of these results, Yapı Kredi Pension is reviewing all business processes from the perspective of new customer acquisition and services provided to existing customers.

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Foreign Subsidiaries
    In addition to its extensive local network, Yapı Kredi has an off-shore branch in Bahrain and subsidiaries in Amsterdam, Moscow, Baku and Geneva.

Yapı Kredi Bank Nederland

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 67.24%
    Yapı Kredi Bank Nederland’s services span a wide range from corporate and private banking to correspondent banking activities. The Bank’s main objective is to provide support to Turkish Yapı Kredi Bank customers seeking banking solutions. It has an extensive and varied product range with focus on trade-oriented business and tailored solutions to suit the needs of its clients. Yapı Kredi Nederland has progressively been concentrating on increasing its share on core banking activities as well as providing new services such as structured trade finance activities.


Yapı Kredi Bank Moscow

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 99.84%
    Yapı Kredi Bank Moscow has been providing banking services to a select group of Yapı Kredi corporate clients mostly in the construction, commitment, trade and tourism sectors since 1994. Yapı Kredi Bank Moscow’s aim is to support Turkish businesses by offering Yapı Kredi corporate customers a strong foothold in Russia as well as contributing to the development of commercial ties between Turkey and Russia.

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Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 99.8%
    Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan provides a range of banking services to its clients including deposit and loan transactions, project finance, domestic and international money transfers, foreign trade transactions, stock market and securities transactions, credit card transactions, safe deposit box and travel check transactions. As one of the few privately-owned banks in Azerbaijan, Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan represents an important foothold for Yapı Kredi Group to potentially exploit future growth opportunities in this market. The Bank also supports Yapı Kredi Bank’s Turkish customers operating in Azerbaijan.

Other Subsidiaries

Yapı Kredi Cultural Activities, Art and Publishing

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 100%
    Founded in 1984, Yapı Kredi Cultural Activities, Arts and Publishing is one of the most prestigious culture and arts companies in Turkey, providing services through Yapı Kredi Cultural Center and Yapı Kredi Publishing. In line with its approach to become an exemplary corporate citizen, in addition to its own corporate social responsibility projects, Yapı Kredi Bank also cooperates with its subsidiary, Yapı Kredi Cultural Activities, Arts and Publishing, so as to provide a variety of culture and art services.

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Yapı Kredi Koray

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 30%
    Founded in 1996, as a joint venture between Yapı Kredi Bank and Koray Group, Yapı Kredi Koray has maintained a strong reputation as a successful residential and commercial real-estate developer over the last decade. The Company’s primary business is real estate development and real estate investments. Its shares are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange since 1998.


Banque de Commerce et de Placements (BCP)

    Yapı Kredi Stake: 30.67%
    Founded in Switzerland in 1963 and headquartered in Geneva, Banque de Commerce et de Placements (BCP) has branches in Luxembourg and Dubai and a liaison office in Istanbul. BCP operates in foreign trade finance, private banking, treasury transactions and correspondent banking segments.