Optima bank

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Optima bank S.A.
Type Anonymi Etairia
Industry Financial services
PredecessorInvestment Bank of Greece
Headquarters,
Greece
Number of locations
27 branches (2022) [1]
Area served
Greece
Key people
George Taniskidis (Chairman) [2]
Dimitris Kyparissis (CEO)
Products Banking
Financial services
52.6 million (2021) [3]
€16.7 million (2021) [4]
Total assets €1.633 billion (2021) [5]
Total equity €146.9 million (2021) [6]
Owner Ireon Investments Ltd (11.93%)
Number of employees
421 (2022) [7]
Subsidiaries Optima Capital
Optima Investments
Optima factors
Optima asset management AEDAK
Capital ratio Common Equity Tier 1 =20.65% (Fully Loaded Basel III) [8]
Website www.optimabank.gr

Optima bank, is a banking and financial services institution in Greece, which apart from its full banking license, is also a member of the Athens Stock Exchange. It offers its customers, both retail and businesses, products and services according to their needs.

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Optima bank HQ's are located in Maroussi [9] of Athens (Aigialeias 32 and Paradissou street).

History [10]

Optima bank was created on 31 July 2019, following Ireon Investments Ltd announcement of the acquisition of Investment Bank of Greece by CPB. Ireon Investments Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motor Oil Hellas SA.

Today, Optima bank maintains a multi-stakeholder character, having doubled its capital base, following the capital increase implemented in January 2021.

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References

  1. "Bank's financial data" (PDF). www.optimabank.gr.
  2. Profile, published by Athens Exchange Group - accessed 2020-01-26
  3. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  4. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  5. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  6. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  7. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  8. "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
  9. "Maroussi", in, Profile, published by Athens Exchange Group & (location) ENISA Athens office in Maroussi, Published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity - accessed 2020-01-26 ("location" using p.2 of "where is Maroussi")
  10. "The Company". Optima bank. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

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