Amsterdam-based GarantiBank International N.V. ("GBI") was established in October 1990. The Bank is wholly-owned by Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S.(''Garanti''), which has the highest market capitalization in Istanbul Stock Exchange as at year-end 2011. GBI has been functioning under the laws of the Netherlands and the supervision of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).

GBI has been delivering added-value in trade finance, structured finance, private banking and retail banking market segments. The Bank is an award-winning "global boutique" player delivering top-end tailored solutions to selected trade finance clients around the globe. In private banking field, the specialization is to provide financial services to international high net-worth individual and institutional clients with a holistic product coverage and a high degree of service sophistication. Structured finance services, comprising of Islamic finance, shipping finance and cash management, add value in terms of broad business diversification through service oriented customer management. Furthermore, it offers diversified retail banking services in Germany and Netherlands.

GBI has a branch in Germany (Düsseldorf) and representative offices in Turkey (Istanbul), Switzerland (Lausanne) and Ukraine (Kiev).