industry financial services founded rocky mountain house alberta 1938 headquarters edmonton alberta key people dave mowat president and ceo brian hesje chairman of the board products financial services wealth management revenue 1.5 billion cad 2015 1 number of employees 5 300 website http www.atb.com alberta treasury branches doing business as atb financial 2 is a financial institution and crown corporation owned by the province of alberta . atb operates in alberta only providing financial services to nearly 700 000 albertans and alberta based businesses . atb has 172 branches and 135 agencies serving a total of 243 communities in alberta . wealth management services are offered under the name atb investor services or atbis . atb has more than 5 300 employees . headquartered in edmonton alberta canada with total assets of c 43.1 billion 2015 annual report atb is the largest alberta based financial institution . atb is not a chartered bank and unlike all banks operating in canada atb is regulated entirely by the government of alberta under the authority of the alberta treasury branches act rsa 2000 c. a 37 and treasury branches regulation 187 97 . the legislation is modeled on the statutes and regulations governing other financial institutions and other guidelines to financial institutions issued by the federal office of the superintendent of financial institutions and the canada deposit insurance corporation . atb financial is one of fifteen financial institutions that participates in canada s large value transfer system . contents 1 history 2 financials 3 awards 4 memberships 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit atb was created by the first social credit government of premier william aberhart on september 29 1938 after earlier attempts to impose government control over banks operating in alberta were thwarted by the federal government . the first alberta treasury branch was opened in rocky mountain house on september 29 of that year . atb is the most significant surviving remnant of social credit economic policies in alberta . atb was the subject of scandal in the late 1980s after clients such as peter pocklington s gainers foods 3 4 5 and the ghermezian brothers west edmonton mall 6 7 defaulted on loans . in the 1990s the government reformed atb with the intention of transforming it into a competitive financial institution . an independent board of directors was established in 1996 . on october 8 1997 atb formally became a provincial crown corporation . since then it has operated under a board of directors selected by the alberta government . it adopted the moniker atb financial in january 2002 . financials edit as of march 31 2016 atb reported assets of 46.8 billion deposits of 30.9 billion loans of 40.4 billion and a net income of 108.1 million . 8 atb branch edmonton . awards edit in 2015 atb was named one of alberta s top employers by mediacorp canada inc. 9 ranked 4 of canada s top 50 best workplaces large and multinational in 2016 . 10 received two governance awards from the canadian society of corporate secretaries in 2014 . 11 awarded outstanding corporation award in the edmonton philanthropy day celebrations . citation needed atb won the people s choice award for alberta boostr at the 2014 north america corporate entrepreneur awards 12 memberships edit alberta regional network arn canadian payments association cirrus interbank network interac mastercard canada nyce see also edit atb place prosperity certificate province of ontario savings office government of ontario savings bank 1922 2003 references edit 2015 annual report pdf . atb.com . retrieved 9 june 2015 . atb financial legal disclaimers alberta treasury branches is the owner of the trade name trade mark atb financial . alberta treasury branches and the edmonton oilers sale . atb.com . october 2 1997 . archived from the original on 2003 12 17 . retrieved 2015 04 04 . peter puck s last stand . archived from the original on 2009 11 05 . retrieved 29 june 2013 . www.prairiepost.net . www.prairiepost.net . retrieved 2015 12 27 . https www.assembly.ab.ca isys laddar files % 5cdocs % 5chansards % 5chan % 5clegislature 24 % 5csession 3 % 5c19990421 1330 01 han.pdf http www.prairiepost.net prairieboys b1c12.htm 2016 annual report pdf . atb.com . retrieved 7 september 2016 . alberta s top employers 2015 . canadastop100.com . retrieved 9 june 2015 . best workplaces in canada . greatplacetowork.ca . retrieved 26 july 2016 . excellence in governance awards . cscs.org . retrieved 9 june 2015 . https web.archive.org web 20150102162031 http www.edmontonjournal.com financial recognized crowdfunding platform 10356477 story.html . archived from the original on january 2 2015 . retrieved december 19 2014 . missing or empty title help external links edit atb financial atb financial launches game changer for alberta businesses 1 atb financial posts record 328 million year end profit 2 no more tricks how atb financial s rob bennett is transforming some of the banking industry s sneakiest practices for the good of the company and the community 3 alberta s business person of the year atb financial s dave mowat 4 atb financial chosen as one of alberta s top employers for 2015 5 we are alberta 6 all albertan song contest 7 alberta boostr 8 we grow alberta 9 making it right atb s freedom account 10 http www.canadastop100.com alberta v t e edmonton based businesses aimco atb financial bioware booster juice the brick canadian western bank capital power corporation company s coming publishing epcor utilities fountain tire intuit canada katz group lone pine publishing nexopia pcl construction pizza 73 servus credit union stantec triple five group united furniture warehouse edmonton portal v t e banks and credit unions in canada banks big five bank of montreal canadian imperial bank of commerce president s choice financial royal bank of canada scotiabank tangerine toronto dominion bank td canada trust other banks amex bank 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