Organization: BCP
LEI 5493004507C8ZG6E5446, SWIFT BPCPCHGGXXX

Banque de Commerce et de Placements - BCP was established in 1963 as a Swiss bank under Swiss Banking Law and Regulations and is supervised by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission. In 1991, the Cukurova Group of Turkey bought the majority shares of BCP, with the remaining shares owned by Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). In 1996, Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S. of Turkey purchased UBS' shareholding. In summary, since 1996, BCP's shareholding structure is: 69 % Borak S.A. Switzerland Cukurova Group's Swiss holding company 31 % Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S., Istanbul - 57.4% Koçbank A.S. (owned by Koç Financial Services, a 50-50% joint venture of Turkey's leading group Koç Holding and the Italian banking group, UniCredit) - 42.6% public investors BCP is a merchant bank, conducting a mainly wholesale banking business. Our head office is in Geneva. We have a branch in Luxembourg and a representative office in Istanbul. Ever since its creation, BCP has been highly specialized and very active in the areas of Trade Finance, Private Banking, Correspondent Banking, and Treasury services.