Who owns CKB?
CKB is owned by OTP Bank (Hungary, BSE: OTP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: OTP Bank Plc — Separate financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the year ended 31 December 2025, 17 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- OTP Bank Nyrt. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇭🇺 Hungary, Budapest
- Origin
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro, Podgorica
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Banks › Retail & commercial banks
- Parent ticker
- BSE: OTP
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About CKB
CKB, Crnogorska komercijalna banka, is OTP's wholly owned bank in Montenegro, based in Podgorica. In 2025 it stayed the country's largest bank by total assets, and OTP was named Bank of the Year in Montenegro. CKB Group earned HUF 22.4 billion after tax that year with 26 branches and 597 staff, while wage inflation and higher supervisory fees pushed its cost-to-income ratio up to 43.4%.
Ownership timeline of CKB
Where CKB sits in OTP Bank
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by OTP Bank
OTP Bank controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in retail & commercial banks, and who owns them
OTP Bank has more brands in retail & commercial banks on Brandtree than any other owner: 8 of 37.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banco AV Villas | Grupo Aval | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Banco Agrícola | Grupo Cibest | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Banco de Crédito del Perú | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Ameriabank | Lion Finance Group | 🇬🇪 Georgia |
| Banco de Chile | Banco de Chile | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Banco Macro | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Freedom Bank | Freedom Holding | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Banco Galicia | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
About the owner: OTP Bank
OTP Bank is a publicly listed company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BSE: OTP.
OTP Bank is a Budapest-listed banking group that topped The Banker's 2025 ranking of the 100 largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe. It owns banks in Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Russia. It earned HUF 1,146 billion after tax in 2025, 71% of it outside Hungary, and at the end of the year it had 1,196 branches. It sold its Romanian bank in a deal that closed financially in July 2024.
🇲🇪 CKB and other Montenegrin brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 8 brands that began in Montenegro. 1 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, CKB among them.
- Air Montenegro — Air Montenegro 🇲🇪
- Crnogorski Krstač — 13. jul Plantaže 🇲🇪
- Kratošija — 13. jul Plantaže 🇲🇪
- Premijer — 13. jul Plantaže 🇲🇪
- Stari Podrum Vranac — 13. jul Plantaže 🇲🇪
- Val — 13. jul Plantaže 🇲🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of CKB?
The parent company of CKB is OTP Bank, a publicly listed company headquartered in Hungary.
Is CKB Montenegrin or Hungarian?
CKB originated in Montenegro, but it is owned today by OTP Bank, which is headquartered in Hungary. So CKB is a Montenegrin-origin brand under Hungarian ownership.
Is CKB still owned by OTP Bank?
Yes. As of 27 October 2026, CKB is still owned by OTP Bank. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] OTP Bank Plc — Separate financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the year ended 31 December 2025 — OTP Bank Plc, Annual report, published 17 April 2026; retrieved 27 October 2026.
- [2] OTP Bank Plc — Summary of the full-year 2025 results — OTP Bank Plc, Stock exchange filing, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 27 October 2026.
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