This is a list of all the banks incorporated in Greece
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and some defunct banks.
Extant banks
Central bank
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Bank of Greece
Systemic Greek banks
Greek banks with a significant presence domestically and overseas with large assets under management, listed in alphabetical order.
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* Alpha Bank
* Eurobank
*]National Bank of Greece
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*Piraeus Bank
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They typically make up a large part of the market capitalization
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of the overall stock market
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in Greece, making them top constituents of relevant indices like MSCI
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Greece index and the FTSE/Athex Large Cap
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the stocks comprising this index are:
Viohalco,
Coca-Cola HBC AG,
EYDAP,
Terna Energy,
Lamda Development S.A.,
Hellenic Petrol ...
.
Other banks incorporated in Greece
Aegean Baltic Bank
* Attica Bank
Cooperative Bank of Central Macedonia
Cooperative Bank of Chania
()
Olympus Cooperative Bank
Cooperative Bank of Epirus
Cooperative Bank of Karditsa
Cooperative Bank of Thessaly
* Optima bank
Pancretan Cooperative Bank
*Vivabank
Greek branches of international banks
* ABN AMRO
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Companies
* ABN AMRO Group, a Dutch bank group
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* Algemene Bank Nederland, a now-defunct Dutch bank
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* Bank of America
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* Bank of China (Luxembourg)
* Bank of Cyprus
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Current operations
The Bank of Cyprus currently operates 108 bra ...
* Bank Saderat Iran
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* BMW Austria Bank
* BNP Paribas Securities Services
* Citibank Europe
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* Deutsche Bank
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* DVB Bank
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The Bank was listed on the Frankfurt Exchange and today is wholly-owned by DZ BANK. About 330 employees work a ...
* EFG Bank (Luxembourg)
* FCA Bank
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* FIMBank
* Hamburg Commercial Bank
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* HSBC France
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* HypoVereinsbank
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* Opel Bank
* ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria)
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* Ziraat Bank
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Defunct banks
*Arab Hellenic Bank
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In 1978, in advance of the founding of the bank, the Greek government granted an exemption to its usual prohibition on foreign banks owning more than 40 per cent of the equ ...
*ATEbank
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(split into "good" and "bad" bank, good bank absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
* Bank of Athens (1894)
* Bank of Athens (1992)
*Bank of Central Greece
*Bank of Chios
* Bank of Crete (1898)
* Bank of Crete (1980)
*Bank of Macedonia-Thrace
* Banque de Salonique
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Co-operative Bank of Achaia
in liquidation, deposits taken over by National Bank of Greece
Co-operative Bank of Dodecanese
(deposits taken over by Alpha Bank)
Co-operative Bank of Evia
(deposits taken over by Alpha Bank)
Co-operative Bank of Lamia
Cooperative Bank of Lesvos-Lemnos
Co-operative Bank of Peloponnese
(deposits taken over by National Bank of Greece)
Co-operative Bank of Western Macedonia
(deposits taken over by Alpha Bank)
* CPB Bank (absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
* Egnatia Bank (merged with Marfin Bank to form Marfin Egnatia Bank)
*Emporiki Bank
Commercial Bank of Greece ( el, Εμπορική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδας) was a Greek bank. Its headquarters was in Athens. On 1 February 2013, Alpha Bank bought Commercial Bank.
History
The Commercial Bank of Greece (CBG) w ...
(absorbed into Alpha Bank)
* Ergasias Bank (absorbed into EFG Eurobank)
* FBB - First Business Bank (split into "good" and "bad" bank, good bank assets taken over by National Bank of Greece, all former FBB branches closed)
*General Bank of Greece
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(bought by Piraeus Bank)
* Ionian Bank (absorbed into Credit Bank, later to become Alpha Bank)
* Laiki Bank
* Marfin Bank (merged with Egnatia Bank to form Marfin Egnatia Bank)
* Marfin Egnatia Bank (Merged with the Cyprus Popular Bank to form Marfin Popular Bank, later renamed CPB Bank)
* Millennium Bank (bought by Piraeus Bank)
*New Proton Bank
New Proton Bank was a commercial bank based in Athens, Greece. It had been established as a good bank, to which all deposits and sound assets of Proton Bank
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(merged into Eurobank in 2013)
*New TT Hellenic Postbank
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(absorbed into Eurobank Ergasias, now just used by it as a brand)
*Omega Bank
The Omega Bank was a Greek banking service until it was bought by Proton Bank in October 2006. The bank was named after the last letter of the Greek alphabet (see omega).
See also
*List of banks in Greece
This is a list of all the banks i ...
(renamed Proton Bank)
Panellinia Bank
(split into "good" and "bad" bank, good bank assets taken over by Piraeus Bank)
* Probank (split into "good" and "bad" bank, good bank assets taken over by National Bank of Greece, branches retain the Probank corporate banking until full merger).
*Proton Bank
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(succeeded by New Proton Bank)
*Saxo Bank
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AS Hellas
* T Bank (taken over by TT Hellenic Postbank)
*TT Hellenic Postbank
TT Hellenic Postbank (formerly the Greek Postal Savings Bank, gr, Ταχυδρομικό Ταμιευτήριο ''Tachidromiko Tamieftirio'') was a commercial bank based in Athens, in Greece.
The bank's license was withdrawn in January 2013 an ...
(succeeded by New TT Hellenic Postbank
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)
Banks listed on the Athens Stock exchange
The banks listed on the Athens Stock Exchange are the following (17 August 2015):
* Alpha Bank (symbol: ''ALPHA'' ), listed in 1925
* Attica Bank (symbol: ''ATT'' ), listed in 1964
* Bank of Cyprus
The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) ( el, Τράπεζα Κύπρου, tr, Kıbrıs Bankası) is a Cypriot financial services company established in 1899 with its headquarters in Strovolos.
Current operations
The Bank of Cyprus currently operates 108 bra ...
(symbol: ''BOC'' ), listed in 2000
* Bank of Greece (symbol: ''TELL'' ), listed in 1930
* Eurobank Ergasias
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(symbol: ''EUROB'' ), listed in 1926
* National Bank of Greece
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85% of the company's pretax preprovision profits are derived ...
(symbol: ''ETE'' ), listed in 1905
* Piraeus Bank
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In G ...
(symbol: ''TPEIR'' ), listed in 1918
;Under suspension
* Agricultural Bank of Greece (symbol: ''ATE'' ), under suspension since 30 July 2012
* Proton Bank (symbol: ''PRO'' ), under suspension since 10 October 2011
* T Bank (symbol: ''TBANK'' ), under suspension since 30 November 2011
* TT Hellenic Postbank (symbol: ''TT'' ), under suspension since 30 August 2012
References
See also
* Banking in Greece
*Hellenic Financial Stability Fund The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund ( el, Ταμείο Χρηματοπιστωτικής Σταθερότητας), or HFSF is a Greece, Greek special purpose vehicle created to help stabilizing the List of banks in Greece, Greek banking sector i ...
External links
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