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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| Company type | Anonymi Etairia |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Predecessor | Investment Bank of Greece |
| Founded | 24 January 2000[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 |
Optima bank HQ's are located in Maroussi[9] of Athens (Aigialeias 32 and Paradissou street).
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.
On top, in October 2023 the bank successfully completed a new capital increase via an IPO on the Athens Exchange being oversubscribed and with the participation of cornerstone investors.
- On 2.10.2019 Investment Bank of Greece was renamed Optima bank.
- On 24.10.2019, Optima bank opened the first Optima bank branch in Psychiko.
- On 12.11.2020 Optima bank acquired 94.5% of Optima asset management AEDAK from Ireon Investments, increasing its holding to 99.4%.
- On 11.12.2020 Optima bank acquired 100% of Optima factors from Ireon Investments, a subsidiary of the Motor Oil Group.
- In January 2021 Optima bank completed the share capital increase 80 million euros.
- In December 2021 Optima bank completed the first profitable financial year.
- In October 2022 Optima bank completed a 60 million euro convertible bond loan issue.
- In October 2023 Optima bank completed a share capital increase of 151 million euros and listing of the bank to the main market of the Athens Exchange.
References
edit- ^ "Trapeza Optima bank A.E."
- ^ https://www.optimabank.gr/branch-network.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Profile Archived 2020-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, published by Athens Exchange Group - accessed 2020-01-26
- ^ "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
- ^ "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
- ^ "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
- ^ "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
- ^ "Bank's financial data". www.optimabank.gr.
- ^ "Maroussi", in, Profile Archived 2020-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, published by Athens Exchange Group & (location) ENISA Athens office in Maroussi Archived 2020-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity - accessed 2020-01-26 ("location" using p.2 of "where is Maroussi")
- ^ "The Company". Optima bank. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
Bibliography
edit- IBOGGRAAXXX, published by TransferWise, "Optima bank..."
External links
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