Optima bank

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Optima bank A.E.
Company type Anonymi Etairia
Industry Financial services
PredecessorInvestment Bank of Greece
Founded24 January 2000;24 years ago (2000-01-24) [1]
Headquarters,
Greece
Number of locations
28 branches (2024) [2]
Area served
Greece
Key people
George Taniskidis (Chairman) [3]
Dimitris Kyparissis (CEO)
Products Banking
Financial services
€103 million (2023) [4]
Total assets €4.1 billion (1Q 2024) [5]
Total equity €543.1 million (2023) [6]
Owner Ireon Investments Ltd (8.9%)
Number of employees
512 (1Q 2024) [7]
Subsidiaries Optima Capital
Optima Investments
Optima factors
Optima asset management AEDAK
Capital ratio Common Equity Tier 1 =15.9% (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.

Contents

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

History

Optima bank was founded on 31 July 2019 through the transfer of Investment Bank of Greece shares to Ireon Investments, a member of Motor Oil Group (Hellas). To strengthen its capital base and support its development strategy, Optima bank implemented a share capital increase in 2021 along with utilizing other financial instruments such as the issuance of a convertible bond loan in 2022. [10]

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References

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  3. Profile Archived 2020-11-02 at the Wayback Machine , published by Athens Exchange Group - accessed 2020-01-26
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