North Macedonia

ALTA Bank expands across the Balkans as regional acquisition strengthens its scale

ALTA Bank entered 2026 with a substantially larger balance sheet after assets increased almost 60% in 2025, while its planned acquisition of banking operations in three neighbouring countries could turn the Serbian lender into a broader regional platform. The bank ended 2025 with RSD194.1bn in assets, giving it a 2.77% share of Serbia’s banking assets and ninth place in the market. ALTA said it generated one-fifth of the banking sector’s total asset growth and almost one-quarter of deposit growth during…