About piraeusbank.gr

Headquartered in Athens, Greece, with approximately 18.5 thousands employees in 8 countries in Greece and South East Europe, Piraeus Bank Group offers a full range of financial products and services to approximately 5.6 mn customers. Total assets of the Group amounted to €82.2 bn, net loans to €48.3 bn and customer deposits to €39.3 bn on September 30, 2016. Founded in 1916, Piraeus Bank operated as a private credit institution for many decades, while it went through a state ownership for the period 1975-1991 until it was privatized in December 1991. Since then, it has rapidly grown in size and activities, recording more than 20 M&A’s in the last 20 years, representing today the leading Bank in Greece with 30% market share in terms of loans and 27% of deposits(end of Sept. 2016).