Piraeus Bank
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| Native name | Τράπεζα Πειραιώς Α.Ε. |
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| Type | Anonymi Etairia |
| Traded as | Athex: TPEIR |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | (1916)[1] |
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
| Number of locations | 788 branches (February 2013) |
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| Products | Retail, private, investment and commercial banking, asset management |
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| Parent | Piraeus Bank Group |
| Website | www.piraeusbank.gr |
Piraeus Bank is a Greek financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece.[5] It is one of the three largest Greek banks. Piraeus Bank's stocks are listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) since January 1918.
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Activities[edit]
Piraeus Bank engages in retail banking and the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Piraeus Bank also offers a line of online banking services under the brand "winbank".[6]
As of February 2013, Piraeus Bank has 787 branches in Greece. Piraeus Bank also operates a branch in London.
History[edit]
A group of shipowners in Piraeus founded Banque du Pirée (Piraeus Bank; BP) in 1916 to finance trade. The Greek government bought the bank in 1975 and transformed it into a universal bank. The new headquarters designed by Sir Basil Spence were built at the Stadiou Street in Athens. In December 1991 the government privatised the bank, which has grown in size and scope since then.
Expansion[edit]
In 1998 the bank absorbed the Greek branch networks of Chase Manhattan Bank and Crédit Lyonnais, one year later it added in the activities of National Westminster Bank in Greece. In a privatisation the PB acquired 37% of the Macedonia-Thrace Bank and 35% of the Xiosbank (Bank of Chios). It merged both into Piraeus Bank in 1999.
Awards[edit]
- 2004 The European banking technology award
- 2008, 2009 gold award by the international Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI)
- 2012 Double STP Excellence Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Brief Corporate Profile". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Athens Exchange - Listed company: Piraeus Bank S.A.". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "FY 2012 Data of Piraeus Bank Group". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Τι σημαίνει το «κούρεμα» για καταθέσεις, θέσεις εργασίας και συναλλαγές". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "TPEIR Profile & Executives - Piraeus Bank SA - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Online banking Tribute" (in Greek).
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