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OTP Bank organized the online Demo Day of its group-level startup partnership programme on 26th May, where 15 later-state startups and scaleups presented the results of their 3-month pilot projects executed in collaboration with Albanian, Bulgarian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Ukrainian group members besides the Hungarian headquarters. OTP employees, including executives of the banking group, investors, and representatives of the Program’s international partner network followed the virtual closing event. The development of the best solutions is set to continue: projects with the highest business...

OTP banka d.d. strives to contribute to the development of different social aspects in the communities in which it operates, and one of the most enjoyable aspects of those efforts is definitely supporting culture and making it available to the citizens. OTP banka contributes to such worthy events taking placenationwide, in cultural institutions or at manifestations, by making donations or sponsoring them.    Only this year the bank will continue supporting the Dubrovnik Summer Games, the Split Summer, the National Theatre in Split and the National Theatre in Zadar. It is especially...

The donations collected in the joined efforts of OTP banka d.d., Mastercard and all the clients donating by rounding up the amounts they paid in the first donation cycle of the Round Up! donation scheme, were used for purchase of the necessary diagnostic equipment for the Šibenik Hospital Paediatric Ward and the Institute of Neonatology of the Zagreb Clinical Hospital, where each hospital received HRK 527 thousand. In the second cycle of the scheme, the donations were used for the ultrasound device needed by the Paediatric Cardiology Unit of the Children’s Hospital in Split, and for...

As the first donation cycle of the Round Up donation scheme has been completed, on behalf of OTP banka d.d., Mastercard and all the clients rounding up their bills, the Šibenik Hospital Paediatric Ward and the Institute of Neonatology of the Zagreb Clinical Hospital have been awarded donations totalling HRK 527 thousand per hospital intended for procurement of much needed equipment. OTP Round Up scheme continues this year as well, and the hospitals that will benefit this time are the Children’s Clinic of the Split Clinical Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Klaićeva in Zagreb. OTP banka...

As a part of its programme “Green light to knowledge”, OTP banka provides support to students of lower financial standing and students with outstanding athletic achievements. Over the past eleven years, the Bank set aside almost seven million kunas. In the academic year 2020/2021, the Bank continued helping students of lower financial standing and student-athletes. The project for granting scholarships to students has been realised in partnership with the towns of Split, Zadar, Sisak and Biograd na Moru, the municipalities of Župa dubrovačka, Bilje, Jakšić, Bale, Barban and Pićan, the...

OTP banka d.d. will donate HRK 1.5 million to the Sisak General Hospital for replenishment of their medical equipment, for new devices and refurbishment of the buildings that sustained damage in the devastating earthquake. The Bank will also set aside an additional million to help the City of Sisak and the Sisak and Moslavina County. Through its programme Green light to entrepreneurs, it will provide necessary aid to the affected entrepreneurs. A special fund of HRK 500,000 has been set aside for Bank’s own employees whose homes have been damaged in the earthquake. Many of our fellow...

OTP banka d.d. made another significant donation for our health protection, this time in the amount of HRK 100.000 to the School of Medicine, University of Split for the procurement of medical equipment and supplies.  OTP banka d.d. is proud of a true partnership it has with the University of Split, shown through active cooperation with the University’s constituent units and through aiding many of their activities, as well as helping its students through donations. We want to point out how proud we are of our collaborative relationship with the University of Split and also that we have...

Within its new programme of awarding financial institutions and companies throughout the world, magazine Global Finance awarded OTP banka d.d. for Outstanding Crisis Leadership, for its relationship with both its clients and the community during the crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, all business entities were faced with unthinkable challenges that included not only business skills, but also protecting the health of their employees and clients, especially taking care of the society’s most vulnerable groups. Since this has become a completely new business environment, the...

As a part of its donation scheme called “Green light to … better society“, OTP banka invited the tender for donation requests and chose 37 projects among which it will distribute the total of HRK 500,000. This is the ninth consecutive year that OTP banka d.d. has been inviting tenders for donation requests for projects within four different categories: the young, education and science; protection of cultural, historic and traditional heritage and environmental protection; humanitarian projects and sports. We received several hundred applications from all over Croatia, out of which our...

Programme that has shown once again that joint efforts put into little things can make a big difference! Sometimes it takes so little to bring a smile back to someone's face, and a little goes a long way. This is basically the message spread by the new donation programme OTP Round up, launched by OTP banka d.d. and Mastercard, striving to provide the best treatment possible to our youngest patients in hospitals across Croatia. One of the most renowned musicians in Croatia – Gibonni – and world champions in sailing – Fantela brothers –  have supported the programme, and this year’s...