Croatia
OTP banka Croatia Securities Services

OTP banka Croatia Securities Services Department is a committed and well-experienced local provider with strong servicing history, has been providing custody services since 1998.
OTP banka is in constant attempts to change market conditions to the favour of investors and to apply new procedures enabling us to minimize exposures and maximize range of services offered to our clients. We believe that only by doing this we have the possibility to build strong and long-lasting client base. Accordingly, OTP banka’s commitment to the Securities Services business is confirmed with wide range of clients the majority of which we have a long-term and successful business relationship. Furthermore, expertise of OTP banka Securities Services can be confirmed with numerus rewards awarded by reputable foreign magazines specialised for custody business such as Global Finance, Global Investor, Global Custodian.
Market Profile
Learn more about Croatia: Market Profile Croatia (pdf)
Contacts
OTP GSS group email address: Securities.Services@otpbanka.hr

Martina Martek
Director of Securities Services Department
Financial Markets Directorate
Marina Šonje Tomorad
Head of Custody team
Securities Services Department
Vesna Ćurić
Head of Depositary team
Securities Services Department
NewsFlash from Croatia
- The SKDD is complying with the Tax Administration of the Ministry of Finance 's opinion on the repeal of obtaining Tax Identification Number for foreign investors where financial instruments are held in omnibus custody accounts 28/04/2026
- Upcoming public holidays 20/04/2026
- Repeal of obtaining Tax Identification Number for foreign investors where financial instruments are held in omnibus custody accounts 03/04/2026
- Abolishment of requirement for mandatory safekeeping of shares of credit institutions on segregated transactional securities accounts within CSD 12/03/2026
- Alignment of the CDCC Rules on Mandatory Buy-in and the Rules on Cash Penalties with Regulation (EU) No. 2023/2845 enters into force on 17 January 2026 12/11/2025
- Notification on Bank’s shortened working hours on October 31st, 2025 28/10/2025
- Upcoming public holidays 04/08/2025
- For the eleventh time, OTP banka has been declared the best sub-custodian bank in Croatia according to Global Finance 23/06/2025
- The removal of the Republic of Croatia from the grey list was confirmed at the FATF Plenary Session held on 13 June 2025. 16/06/2025
- Upcoming public holidays 09/06/2025
- Upcoming public holidays 22/04/2025
- Upcoming public holidays 14/04/2025
- Upcoming public holidays 07/04/2025
- New amendment of the „black“ list of EU non-cooperative tax jurisdictions for tax purposes 06/03/2025
- CDCC implementation of new functionalities 03/01/2025
- DTT between Hong Kong and Croatia 02/01/2025
- Mandatory safekeeping of shares of insurance companies on segregated transactional securities accounts within CSD 31/12/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 16/12/2024
- Change of third party/ subcustodian for Italian market and international ETFs 09/12/2024
- New ways of exercising voting rights at general assemblies of shareholders 06/12/2024
- Non-working days in Croatia for year 2025 28/11/2024
- Notification on Bank’s shortened working hours on November 22nd 2024 21/11/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 11/11/2024
- CDCC implementation of new functionalities 08/11/2024
- New amendments of CDCC Rules and Procedures 22/10/2024
- New amendment of the „black“ list of EU non-cooperative tax jurisdictions for tax purposes 21/10/2024
- Change of third party/subcustodian for EU markets 16/10/2024
- A new DTT has been initialled between Croatia and Liechtenstein 14/10/2024
- New amendments and changes to the CDCC Fee schedule 10/09/2024
- Updated list of third parties to whom OTP banka d.d. has delegated custody operations as of August 22nd 2024 - detailed 23/08/2024
- List of third parties to whom OTP banka d.d. has delegated custody operations as of August 22nd 2024 23/08/2024
- New amendments of CDCC Rules and Procedures 08/08/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 06/08/2024
- CDCC confirmed new Pricelist would enter into force as of 1 January 2025 29/07/2024
- For the tenth time, we have been declared the best sub-custodian bank in Croatia according to Global Finance 12/06/2024
- Proposal for a Directive on faster and safer relief of excess withholding taxes- update 2 (from August 4th, 2024) 11/06/2024
- Notice on planned merger of SKB bank with NOVA KBM bank 06/06/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 20/05/2024
- Notification of service availability on 17th April 2024 16/04/2024
- New DTT Signed between Croatia and Egypt 08/04/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 08/04/2024
- Daylight Saving Time (DST) start 2024 26/03/2024
- Upcoming public holidays 25/03/2024
- April 17, 2024, the day of Parliamentary Elections in Croatia, was declared a non-working day 18/03/2024
- New amendeds of the „black and grey“ lists of EU non-cooperative tax jurisdictions for tax purposes - update 23/02/2024
- New DTT between Hong Kong and Croatia signed 30/01/2024
- The hold and release mechanism and partial settlement within Croatian CDCC 25/01/2024
- Earlier entry of settlement instructions in SKDD-CCP 09/01/2024
- Change of legal default interest rate 08/01/2024
Public holidays in 2026
| Date | Public Holiday |
|---|---|
| 30 May | Statehood Day |
| 4 June | Corpus Christi |
| 22 June | Antifascist Struggle Day |
| 5 August | Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving day and the Day of Croatian Defenders |
| 15 August | Assumption Day |
| 1 November | All Saints' Day |
| 18 November | Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Homeland War and Remembrance Day for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | St. Stephen's Day |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
Date 30 May Public Holiday Statehood Day Date 4 June Public Holiday Corpus Christi Date 22 June Public Holiday Antifascist Struggle Day Date 5 August Public Holiday Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving day and the Day of Croatian Defenders Date 15 August Public Holiday Assumption Day Date 1 November Public Holiday All Saints' Day Date 18 November Public Holiday Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Homeland War and Remembrance Day for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja Date 24 December Public Holiday Christmas Eve Date 25 December Public Holiday Christmas Day Date 26 December Public Holiday St. Stephen's Day Date 31 December Public Holiday New Year’s Eve
Useful links
Awards
Regulatory
Capital market
(available in Croatian only)
- Capital Market Act (Official Gazette, No 65/18)
- Act on Amendments to the Capital Market Act (Official Gazette, No 17/2020)
- Ordinance on organisational requirements for the provision of investment services and performance of investment activities and ancillary services, on remuneration policies and on criteria for significant investment firms (Official Gazette 89/18)
- Act on the Takeover of Joint-Stock Companies (Official Gazette, No 109/07, 36/09, 108/12 i 148/13)
Investment funds
(available in Croatian only)
- Act on Open-Ended Investment Funds with a Public Offering (Official Gazette 44/16, 126/19)
- Alternative Investment Funds Act (Official Gazette No 21/18, 126/19)
Pension Funds (Pillar II and Pillar III)
(available in Croatian only)
- Mandatory Pension Funds Act (Official Gazette No 19/14, 93/15, 64/18, 115/18)
- Voluntary Pension Funds Act (Official Gazette No 19/14, 29/18 and 115/18)
Other
- Credit Institutions Act, unofficial consolidated version of the Act (Official Gazette No 159/2013., 19/2015, 102/2015. i 15/2018.)
- Act on Amendments to the Credit Institutions Act (Official Gazette No 47/2020.)
- Company Act (Official Gazette No 111/93, 34/99, 121/99, 52/00, 118/03, 107/07, 146/08, 137/09, 125/11, 52/11, 111/12, 68/13, 110/15, 40/19) - available in Croatian only
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