Brief History

1996
Optima Faktoring Hizmetleri A.Ş. has been founded.
It became member of Factoring Association.

2005
Its shareholding structure has changed, and Hasan Başer took on the role of active partner.

2006
Factoring companies entered under BRSA inspection.
Optima Faktoring Hizmetleri A.Ş. started to accelerate its process of gaining corporate identity and growth.

2008
Optima Faktoring Hizmetleri A.Ş. has started to be rated by the credit rating institution Fitch Ratings, and was rated with BBB- (tur).

2010
Corporate management started to be rated by Kobirate A.Ş., and the company obtained a rating of 7.04.
Shareholding structure has changed and Hasan Başer Family became the owner of the entire company.

2011
All agencies were converted into branches, and the company started to offer services with eight branches in total.

2012
The rating of Optima Faktoring Hizmetleri A.Ş. was increased by one level and the company received a BBB (tur) rating from the credit rating institution Fitch Ratings. Its corporate management rating was revised as 7.61 by Kobirate A.Ş.
Law on Financial Leasing, Factoring and Financing Companies entered into force after its publication in the Official Gazette dated 13 December 2012 and numbered 28496. Pursuant to Article 5 of the same Law, the commercial title “Optima Faktoring Hizmetleri A.Ş.” was amended as “Optima Faktoring A.Ş.”

2013
After leaving of the General Manager Mr. Erdoğan Özen, Ms. Emine Bingül was elected as General Manager.
The amount of 12,000,000 TL of doubtful receivables of the company was transferred to Finansal Varlık A.Ş.
After reaching agreement with Tekstil Yatırım A.Ş., permission was obtained from CMB for issuance of bonds in the amount of 50,000,000 TL.

2014
Paid-in capital was increased to 17,520,000 TL. Beylikdüzü Branch was opened, and the number of branches increased to 9 (nine). As a result of the audit carried out by Saha Kurumsal Yönetim ve Kredi Derecelendirme Hizmetleri A.Ş., the company’s Corporate Audit Score was announced as 7.96.