List of banks in Greece

This is a list of all the banks incorporated in Greece as of 22 August 2020^[update] and some defunct banks.[1]

Extant banks

Central bank

• Bank of Greece

Systemic Greek banks

Greek banks with a significant presence domestically and overseas with large assets under management, listed in alphabetical order.[1]

• Alpha Bank
• Eurobank
• National Bank of Greece
• Piraeus Bank

They typically make up a large part of the market capitalization of the overall stock market in Greece, making them top constituents of relevant indices like MSCI Greece index[2] and the FTSE/Athex Large Cap.

Other banks incorporated in Greece

• Aegean Baltic Bank
• Attica Bank
• Cooperative Bank of Central Macedonia
• Cooperative Bank of Chania
• Cooperative Bank of Epirus
• Cooperative Bank of Karditsa
• Cooperative Bank of Thessaly
• Optima bank
• Pancretan Cooperative Bank
• Vivabank
• snappi

Greek branches of international banks

• ABN AMRO
• American Express
• Arab Bank
• Bank of America
• Bank of China (Luxembourg)
• Bank of Cyprus
• Barclays
• BMW Austria Bank
• BNP Paribas Securities Services
• Citibank
• Credit Suisse
• Crédit Commercial de France
• Deutsche Bank
• DVB Bank
• EFG Bank (Luxembourg)
• FCA Bank
• FIMBank
• Goldman Sachs
• Hamburg Commercial Bank
• Handelsbanken
• HSBC
• HypoVereinsbank
• JPMorgan Chase
• National Westminster Bank
• Opel Bank
• ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria)
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Scotiabank
• Saxo Bank
• Société Générale
• UniCredit
• Ziraat Bank

Defunct banks

• Arab Hellenic Bank
• ATEbank (split into "good" and "bad" bank, good bank absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
• Banca Commerciale Italiana
• Banco de la Nación Argentina (absorbed into Alpha 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
• Bank Saderat Iran Hellas
• Banque de Salonique
• Co-operative Bank of Achaia in liquidation, deposits taken over by National Bank of Greece [3]
• Co-operative Bank of Dodecanese (deposits taken over by Alpha Bank)[4]
• Co-operative Bank of Evia (deposits taken over by Alpha Bank) [4]
• Co-operative Bank of Lamia
• Cooperative Bank of Lesvos-Lemnos
• Co-operative Bank of Peloponnese (deposits taken over by National Bank of Greece)[5]
• Co-operative Bank of Western Macedonia (deposits taken over by Alpha Bank)[4]
• Credit Lyonnais
• Credito Italiano
• CTBC Bank (absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
• CPB Bank (absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
• Egnatia Bank (merged with Marfin Bank to form Marfin Egnatia Bank)
• Emporiki Bank (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 (bought by Piraeus Bank)
• Grindlays Bank (absorbed into Piraeus Bank)
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
• 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 (merged into Eurobank in 2013) [6]
• New TT Hellenic Postbank (absorbed into Eurobank Ergasias, now just used by it as a brand)
• Omega Bank (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 (succeeded by New Proton Bank)
• Santander Bank
• T Bank (taken over by TT Hellenic Postbank)
• TT Hellenic Postbank (succeeded by New TT Hellenic Postbank)

Banks listed on the Athens Stock exchange

The banks listed on the Athens Stock Exchange are the following (17 August 2015):[7]

• Alpha Bank (symbol: ALPHA ), listed in 1925[8]
• Attica Bank (symbol: ATT ), listed in 1964[9]
• Bank of Greece (symbol: TELL ), listed in 1930[10]
• Eurobank Ergasias (symbol: EUROB ), listed in 1926[11]
• National Bank of Greece (symbol: ETE ), listed in 1905[12]
• Piraeus Bank (symbol: TPEIR ), listed in 1918[13]

Under suspension

• Agricultural Bank of Greece (symbol: ATE ), under suspension since 30 July 2012[14]
• Proton Bank (symbol: PRO ), under suspension since 10 October 2011[15]
• T Bank (symbol: TBANK ), under suspension since 30 November 2011[16]
• TT Hellenic Postbank (symbol: TT ), under suspension since 30 August 2012[17]

References

1. "List of credit institutions authorized in Greece". August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. "MSCI Greece Index". February 2020. The MSCI Greece Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Greek market. With 8 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the Greece equity universe.
3. "HFSF annual report, p. 47" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
4. "Alpha Bank SA undertakes the deposits of three Cooperative Banks". Reuters. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
5. "NBG absorbs Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese, Evgenia Tzortzi | Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
6. "Merger Eurobank – New Proton". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
7. "Select Company - athexgroup.gr". www.helex.gr. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
8. "Stocks: ALPHA". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
9. "Stocks: TATT". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
10. "Stocks: TELL". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
11. "Stocks: EUROB". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
12. "Stocks: ETE". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
13. "Stocks: TPEIR". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
14. "Stocks: ATE". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
15. "Stocks: PRO". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
16. "Stocks: TBANK". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
17. "Stocks: TT". Athens Exchange Group. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

See also

• Banking in Greece
• Hellenic Financial Stability Fund

External links

• Hellenic Bank Association
• Banks in Greece: Greek Ban[ks Digest
• Greek Banks Codes