Global Finance magazine recently rated Privredna Banka Zagreb the best bank in Croatia in its World’s Best Banks 2017 rankings.

The rankings will be published in the magazine’s May issue.
 
Each year, Global Finance evaluates banks in more than 150 countries, with the magazine’s editors selecting winners based on consultation with industry stakeholders like corporate financial executives, analysts and banker and banking consultants from those countries. Global Finance’s rankings also consist of a poll of its corporate readership.
 
The magazine selected Privredna Banka Zagreb, an Indesa Sanpaolo Goup member, based on the bank’s efforts to attend customers’ needs, its accomplishment of goals and its advance planning for future success. The bank hopes to use this award to spur further innovation in terms of competitive products and services, with the goal of offering Privredna Banka Zagreb customers greater service and satisfaction, the company said in a release.
 
In selecting winners, the magazine included objective criteria including assets growth, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationship, new business development and product innovation. Global Finance also looked at subjective criteria, drawing on the opinions of equity analysts, credit rating analysts and banking consultants, among other banking industry professionals.