Alpha Bank

The Alpha Bank is the second largest Greek bank. My company is located in Athens. She has appeared in Greece 426 branches, 120 in Bulgaria and 26 in Albania, as well as foreign branches in Cyprus ( Alpha Bank Cyprus LTD), Romania ( Alpha Bank Romania ), Serbia ( Alpha Bank Srbija AD), Ukraine ( OJSC Astra Bank ), Macedonia ( Alpha Bank AD Skopje) and the UK ( Alpha Bank London Ltd ). The company is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange in Athex Composite Share Price Index.

History

The bank was founded in 1879 in Kalamata, and changed its name since 1972 as trapeza pisteos (Greek for Credit Bank). As most Greek banks gave way to the 1990s English name, the bank called the Alpha Credit. In its present form ( and name ) the bank exists as the Alpha Credit from Athens took over the Ionian Bank ( erstwhile State Bank of the Republic of the Ionian Islands ) since 1999. Therefore, the Alpha Bank has numerous branches in small towns in the Ionian Islands.

In February 2001, the National Bank of Greece Alpha Bank made ​​a takeover bid. This was indeed rejected, but there were negotiations about a merger instead. This failed, however. On 29 August 2011, Alpha Bank and EFG Euro Ergasias aimed for a merger, which should be performed by means of a share swap. On 14 March 2012, Alpha Bank announced that the proposed merger will not come due to high losses resulting from the Greek debt haircut, about. The Alpha Bank acquired the Emporiki Bank.