{"id":3564,"date":"2016-03-04T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T11:06:19","slug":"nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Banka: Best SME Bank Balkans 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3565\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NovaBanka.jpg\" alt=\"novabanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NovaBanka.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NovaBanka-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Established in 1999 and one of the first privately-owned banks to open in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nova Bank has grown into one of the region\u2019s premier financial services providers and now also boasts a presence in the Republika Srpska which jointly with the federation forms Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A full-service institution, Nova Bank offers both corporate and retail clients a comprehensive suite of banking products in addition to brokerage, custody, factoring, and forfeiting services. Aa a one-stop window for all financial services, Nova Bank maintains an unequalled regional footprint with twelve branch offices, a network of brokerage offices, agencies, and service counters, in addition to a modern head office in the heart of Banja Luka\u2019s financial district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bank\u2019s multiple distribution channels include an online platform that enables clients convenient access to the available palette of products and services. With unparalleled proximity to its clients, Nova Bank is exceptionally well-poised to serve the buoyant SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) sector. Lines of communication are kept short, while decisions are made locally and benefit from streamlined procedures that enables Nova Bank to quickly respond to the needs of the business community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listed on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange since 2002, Nova Bank is one of twelve publically traded companies that compose the BIRS share index. The lion\u2019s share of Nova Bank shares (approx. 80%) is held by domestic investors. However, the largest shareholder of the bank is the Adriatic Fund BV of The Netherlands (14.8%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nova Bank maintains a fully-featured corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme and adheres to the highest standards of corporate governance. The bank\u2019s efforts at increasing both transparency and governance have been recognised by a number of prestigious entities. As a result of its straightforward approach to business, Nova Bank has registered solid growth across all business segments. Its profitability is amongst the highest in the Bosnia and Herzegovina financial services industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CFI.co judging panel commends Nova Bank on maintaining stellar track record and underpinning the country\u2019s economy with an approach to banking that drives the growth of local business. The judges are happy to confer the 2015 Best SME Bank Balkans Award on Nova Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1999 and one of the first privately-owned banks to open in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nova Bank has grown into one of the region\u2019s premier financial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","category-front"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nova Banka: Best SME Bank Balkans 2015 - CFI.co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nova Banka: Best SME Bank Balkans 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Established in 1999 and one of the first privately-owned banks to open in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nova Bank has grown into one of the region\u2019s premier financial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CFI.co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-04T11:03:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-04T11:06:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NovaBankaThumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"marten\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"headline\":\"Nova Banka: Best SME Bank Balkans 2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-04T11:03:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-04T11:06:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\"},\"wordCount\":374,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/NovaBankaThumb.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Banking\",\"FRONT\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/banking\/2016\/nova-banka-best-sme-bank-balkans-2015\/\",\"name\":\"Nova Banka: Best SME Bank Balkans 2015 - 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