Hrvatska poštanska banka

Hrvatska poštanska banka d.d. or HPB is the largest Croatian-owned bank in the country and ranks 6th in Croatia in terms of total assets, worth around HRK 21.25 billion.[4]

Hrvatska poštanska banka PLC
TypePublic
ZSE: HPB
ISINHRHPB0RA0002
IndustryBanking, Financial services
FoundedOctober 1991 (1991-10)
FounderCroatian Post
Headquarters4 Jurišićeva Street,
Zagreb
,
Croatia
Number of locations
54 branch offices & approximately 460 automated teller machines (January 2018)[1]
Key people
Marko Badurina (Chairman and CEO)
ProductsConsumer banking, corporate banking, insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management, credit cards
Increase HRK 188.28 million (2016)[2]
Total assetsIncrease HRK 19.3 billion (2016)[2]
Number of employees
1067 (as of 31 Dec 2016)[3]
Subsidiaries
  • Jadranska banka d.d.
  • HPB Stambena štedionica d.d.
  • HPB Invest d.o.o.
  • HPB-Nekretnine d.o.o.
Websitewww.hpb.hr/en

The bank was founded in October 1991 by Hrvatska pošta, the Croatian national postal service, which was the bank's majority shareholder until 2001.[5] Since 2001, the Government of Croatia is the majority owner of the bank, via stakes acquired by the state-owned fund Hrvatski fond za privatizaciju and the national pension fund Hrvatski zavod za mirovinsko osiguranje. HPB is listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange.

In November 2019, the International Banker awarded Hrvatska poštanska banka as the best commercial bank of the year in Croatia.[6] In March 2020, HPB decided to retain 2019 net profit, accepting a resolution of the Croatia's central bank.[7]

In September 2021, the supervisory board of HPB appointed Marko Badurina as President of the HPB Management Board, and Anto Mihaljević and Ivan Soldo as Members of the management board. The CNB Council approved the propositions.[8]

In March 2022, the EU unit of Sberbank went into insolvency (due to the EU sanctions in reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Single Resolution Board decided to transfer all shares of the Sberbank's Croatian subsidiary to HPB. On the 2nd of March, HPB officially bought the local unit of Sberbank for 71 million kuna (€9.4 million euro).[9]


Ownership structure[5]
  • Republic of Croatia (42.4293%)
  • Croatian Post (11.9336%)
  • State Agency for Deposit Insurance and Bank Resolution (8.9803%)
  • Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (8.7577%)
  • Hrvatska poštanska banka PLC – treasury shares (0.0393%)
  • Other shareholders (each under 5% of share of the equity capital) (27.8597%)

References
  1. "About Us". Hrvatska poštanska banka. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. "Annual Report for 2016" (PDF). Hrvatska poštanska banka. December 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. "Annual Report for 2016" (PDF). Hrvatska poštanska banka. December 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. Bank Profile: Hrvatska Poštanska Banka (HPB)
  5. "General information". hpb.hr. Hrvatska poštanska banka. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. internationalbanker (2019-11-25). "The International Banker 2019 Western & Eastern European Awards Winners". International Banker. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  7. "Croatian lender HPB to retain 2019 net profit in line with c-bank order". seenews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  8. MarketScreener. "CNB Council: Approval granted for the Management Board of Hrvatska poštanska banka". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  9. "Croatia's HPB buying Sberbank's local unit for 71 mln kuna (9.4 mln euro)". www.seenews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
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