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Eesti Hoiupank (Estonian : Estonian Savings Bank) was an Estonian bank which operated from 1992 to 1998.
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Eesti Hoiupank (Estonian : Estonian Savings Bank) was an Estonian bank which operated from 1992 to 1998.
Hoiupank was created during the dissolution of the Soviet Union from the Estonian operations of the Savings Bank of the USSR. [1] : 25
In September 1996, Hoiupank initiated a merger with the Estonian Commercial Bank of Industry and Construction (ETEK), the Estonian successor entity of the Soviet Promstroybank. [2] It was subsequently the third-largest bank in the country. [3]
Hoiupank merged into Hansapank (currently Swedbank's Estonian subsidiary) in 1998. [4]
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