Sándor Csányi, CEO and chairman of OTP Bank Nyrt., said the bank may announce a new acquisition in January 2017, Reuters reported Dec. 22.

In an interview with business weekly Figyelo, Csányi said the bank could enter a new country in 2017, Reuters noted.

The Hungarian bank recently announced the signing of an agreement with Société Générale SA to acquire the French bank's Croatian unit Société Générale - Splitska banka d.d.