Optima bank
Greek bank
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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 | 29 branches (2025)[2] |
Area served | Greece |
Key people | George Taniskidis (Chairman)
[3] Dimitris Kyparissis (CEO) |
| Products | Banking Financial services |
| €140.2 mn (2024)[4] | |
| Total assets | €5.55 bn (2024)[5] |
| Total equity | €620.3 mn (2024)[6] |
| Owner | Ireon Investments Ltd (8.9%) |
Number of employees | 575 (2024)[7] |
| Subsidiaries | Optima factors, Optima asset management AEDAK, Optima leasing |
| Capital ratio | Common Equity Tier 1 =14.4% (Fully Loaded Basel III)[8] |
| Website | www |
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]
