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Intervju / Interview

BI već godinama posluje u Bo-
sni i Hercegovini po principima
Bislamskog bankarstva, a jedan od
najvažnijih projekata ove institucije je
i Sarajevo Business Forum. Iskustvo u
investicijama i razvoju novih vrijed-
nosti zasigurno je diferenciralo ovu
banku od konkurencije. O ovim, ali i
nizu drugih tema, razgovarali smo sa
direktorom Amerom Bukvićem.
Kakva je za BBI banku bila poslovna
2016. godina po ključnim parametrima?
- Ostvarili smo rekordan rezultat, re-
kordnu veličinu aktive, rekordan profit,
rekordan rast portfolija! Ušli smo u ka-
tegoriju srednjih banaka i najbrže smo
rastuća banka u BiH. Tržište je prepo-
znalo sve što smo radili na promociji
najboljih mogućih uslova i za firme i
za pojedince. To što smo islamska ban-
ka diferencira nas od drugih banaka.
Šta znači biti islamska banka? Znači
biti banka integrisana sa privredom i
da iza svake transakcije postoji realna BUKVIĆ:
vrijednost. Pokušavamo da budemo BBI banka
partner našim klijentima u pronalasku doživjela osna Bank International (BBI) has been operated in Bosnia and
je veliku
tržišta i investicija. ekspanziju Herzegovina guided by principles of Islamic Banking for many years.
BOne of the most important projects of this financial institution
Najavili ste saradnju sa vladama Tu- BUKVIĆ: BBI is “Sarajevo Business Forum”. The bank gained a lot of experience in
has had big
zlanskog i Kantona Sarajevo te Opći- expansion investment and creating new values and this is what distinguishes BBI
nom Centar u ekonomskom konsal- from a competition. This month we talked to Amer Bukvić, chief executive
tingu. Šta očekujete od te saradnje? officer of Bosna Bank International.
- Prioritet nam je razvoj privrede i
tržišta na kojem poslujemo. To se ne When it comes to the key financial parameters, how do you evaluate the
može ostvariti bez saradnje između year 2016?
javnog i privatnog sektora, a banka ne - Results, size of assets, profit, and growth of portfolio were the highest
može prosperirati bez tržišta. Tržište recorded! Today BBI is in the category of medium-sized banks in B&H.
se teško može širiti bez koordinacije In the past ten years BBI has been the fastest-growing bank. The B&H
regulatora, odnosno vlada. Želimo da market recognised what we were doing. We have promoted the best
im pomognemo u osmišljavanju pro- conditions for the companies and individuals. The fact that BBI is Islamic
jekata za novo tržište, od kojeg bi svi bank distinguishes it from other banks in B&H. moreover, BBI is integrated
imali koristi: građani, firme, finansijski with the economy and there is a real value behind every transaction. We
sektor, a na kraju i te vlade od većih try to be a partner, to find a market and an investor.
poreznih osnova.
BBI announced the consultancy cooperation with governments of Sarajevo
Canton, Tuzla Canton and Sarajevo Centar Municipality. What do you
expect from this cooperation?
- Our priority is a further growth of economy and market. There will be no
benefit if there is no cooperation between private and public sector. There
How to prepare for investors will be no prosperity for a bank without market growth, investments and
projects. Market will not grow if there is not a coordination of regulators,
governments respectively. BBI would like to help governments with
It’s very important to be prepared for investors, projects. It would be a benefit for citizens, companies and financial sector,
and people are most important resource. We have and governments would collect more taxes too.
to invest in new generations and make long-term
plans. We have to expect that successful investors How do you evaluate the current implementation of the project “40 millions
do long-term plans. Don’t try to get rich overnight. of BAM for the economy in Sarajevo Canton”?
Make corridors that will create new values in long- - I would say we have had a very good result. There was a tender.
term period. We need quality staff, ideas, projects Cantonal government called banks to support small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) in Sarajevo Canton. Banks applied but BBI offered the
and implementation. We have to equip our teams. best terms and won. Basically, this is a cooperation of public and private
Don’t look where the ball is now, but where it will be. sector. The government gives subsidies to companies, and bank gives
loans. BBI offers 40 millions of BAM, Cantonal government 1.9 million BAM,

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