Euro Bank SA (also known as Eurobank) was a Polish commercial bank offering
financial services
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to individuals. The bank also maintained personal accounts and term deposits, provided consolidation loans, payment cards, and
credit cards
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. It distributed
investment funds of Novo Fundusze and
Allianz
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The company is one of the world's largest insurers and financial services groups. The ...
.
![Eurobank Wroclaw](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Eurobank_Wroclaw.JPG)
Euro Bank had a nationwide network of its own and franchise branches. It also operated outlets in shopping centers.
On 1 October 2019 as a result of the legal merger, the legal successor of Euro Bank SA became Bank Millennium SA.
History
The Bank was established in 2003 by taking over Look Finansowanie Inwestycji, controlled by
Mariusz Łukasiewicz, a controlling stake existing since 1990 from Bank Społem S.A. In 2003, Bank Społem S.A. changed its name to Euro Bank S.A.
After the founder's death in 2004, the
Société Générale Group became the owner of Eurobank.
On November 5, 2018,
Bank Millennium and Société Générale signed a contract for the purchase of Euro Bank by Bank Millennium. The subject of the transaction is the acquisition by Bank Millennium of approximately 99.79% of shares in Euro Bank for a reference price of PLN 1,833 million. The strategical investor of the bank is
Banco Comercial Português (BCP).
Eurobank ran numerous advertising campaigns in which appeared, among others,
Krystyna Janda
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,
Danuta Stenka
Danuta Stenka (born 10 October 1961 in Sierakowice, Poland) is a Polish actress. She is one of the leading Polish film and theatre actresses.
Life and career
From 1991, she spent a decade working at Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw, then at TR Wars ...
,
Janusz Gajos,
Tomasz Kot Katarzyna Figura
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Career
Figura was bor ...
and
Piotr Adamczyk
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.
References
Banks of Poland
Société Générale
Polish brands
Banks established in 2003
Companies based in Wrocław
External links
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