Turkiye Halk Bankasi

Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (Halkbank) is a majority state-owned deposit bank known in particular for banking services aimed at tradespeople, artisans and SMEs. The bank has a long history, and its shares trade on Borsa Istanbul under the ticker HALKB. HALKB stock is one of the listed representatives of Turkey's state banks.

Halkbank provides loans, deposits, cards and payment services to retail, commercial and corporate customers. Subsidised loans extended through the credit cooperatives of tradespeople and artisans are one of the bank's distinctive areas. The group includes investment, asset management, financial leasing, factoring and real estate investment trust companies.

For public banks, the interest-rate environment is watched closely alongside support programmes run under public policy, capital adequacy ratios and asset quality. Developments in the bank's legal proceedings abroad can also influence the share from time to time. Lzzo.com provides a chart, technical indicators and a return calculator for HALKB.