Credins Bank
{{Short description|Albanian bank}}
{{Verification|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Credins Bank
| logo = File:Credins Bank.svg
| type = Private
| foundation = 2003
| location = Tirana
| industry = Banking
| products = Banking services
| parent =
| homepage = {{URL|https://bankacredins.com/}}
}}
Credins Bank is an Albanian bank, established in Albania in March 2003 by a group of businessmen{{Citation |date=2023-06-16 |title=thebanks.eu: Credins Bank S.A. |language=en |url=https://thebanks.eu/banks/19333 |access-date=2023-06-16}} as the first private bank with Albanian capital.{{Cite book |last=Bitzenis |first=Aristidis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGCLHsMZHDsC&dq=Credins+Bank&pg=PA289 |title=The Balkans: Foreign Direct Investment and EU Accession |date=2009 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=978-0-7546-4566-5 |language=en}} The head office is located in Tirana.
In 2021, Credins Bank had a market share of 15.88%, making it the second largest bank in Albania.
At the end of 2017, the bank had a network of 59 branches and 63 ATM, totalling over 120 locations in Albania.http://www.aab.al/en/statistics.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526220531/http://aab.al/en/statistics.php |date=2016-05-26 }}. Today the bank is the second largest bank in the country in terms of total assets and the largest one in the loan portfolio sector.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} Since 2020 Credins Bank has expanded in Kosovo {{Cite book |last=Dept |first=International Monetary Fund European |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_ghEAAAQBAJ&dq=Credins+Bank+kosovo&pg=PA14 |title=Republic of Kosovo: 2020 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Kosovo |date=2021-02-17 |publisher=International Monetary Fund |isbn=978-1-5135-6953-6 |language=en}} and currently operates 7 branches.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
In November 2017, British-based Amryta Capital LLP bought a 14.9% stake in the bank.{{Cite news |date=2017-11-22 |title=Amryta Capital buys stake in Albania's Credins Bank |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/albania-credins-amryta-idUSL8N1NS6AI |access-date=2022-10-10}}