List of banks in Greece


The following list of banks in Greece is to be understood within the framework of the European single market and European banking union, which means that Greece's banking system is more open to cross-border banking operations than peers outside of the EU.
Policy framework
European banking supervision distinguishes between significant institutions (SIs) and less significant institutions (LSIs), with SI/LSI designations updated regularly by the European Central Bank (ECB). Significant institutions are directly supervised by the ECB using joint supervisory teams that involve the national competent authorities (NCAs) of individual participating countries. Less significant institutions are supervised by the relevant NCA on a day-to-day basis, under the supervisory oversight of the ECB.[1] In Greece's case, the NCA is the Bank of Greece.[2]
Significant institutions
As of 1 September 2025, the list of supervised institutions maintained by the ECB included the following four Greek banking groups as SIs, with names as indicated by the ECB for each group's consolidating entity.[3]
- Alpha Bank SA
- Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA
- National Bank of Greece SA
- Piraeus Financial Holdings SA
Other euro-area-based banking groups also have operations in Greece, but a study published in 2024 suggests that their footprint in the country is much smaller than that of the four major Greek banks.[4]: 27–29 All such cases are via branches, none via subsidiaries.[3]
Less significant institutions
As of 1 September 2025, the ECB's list of supervised institutions included ten Greek LSIs, of which the following three were designated by the ECB as "high-impact" on the basis of several criteria including size:[3]
The other seven Greek LSIs were:
- Cooperative Bank of Chania Cooperative of Limited Liabilities (Coop. LL)
- Cooperative Bank of Epirus Ltd
- Cooperative Bank of Karditsa Coop. LL
- Cooperative Bank of Thessaly Coop. LL
- WeRealize.comLtd, parent entity of Viva Wallet Group
- Viva Wallet Holdings Software Development SA, an intermediate holding entity
- Vivabank SA
Third-country branches
As of 13 October 2025, the following two banking groups established outside the European Economic Area had branches in Greece:[5]
Other institutions
The Bank of Greece and Hellenic Development Bank are public credit institutions that do not hold a banking license under EU law. The Greek Deposits and Loans Fund is also specifically exempted from the scope of application of the EU Capital Requirements Directives.[6]
Defunct banks
A number of former Greek banks, defined as having been headquartered in the present-day territory of Greece, are documented on Wikipedia. They are listed below in chronological order of establishment. Multiple Greek banks came to an end in 2013 as a consequence of the Greek government-debt crisis.
- National Financial Bank (1828-1834)
- Ionian Bank (1839-2000)
- Privileged Bank of Epirothessaly (1882-1899)
- Bank of Salonica (1886-1947)
- Bank of Athens (1893-1953)
- Bank of Crete (1899–1919)
- TT Hellenic Postbank (1900-2013), briefly followed by New TT Hellenic Postbank in 2013
- Banque d'Orient (1904-1932)
- Emporiki Bank (1907-2013)
- National Economy Bank (1918-1930)
- Agricultural Bank of Greece (1919-2013)
- Attica Bank (1925-2025)
- Geniki Bank (1937-2014)
- Ergasias Bank (1975-2000)
- Arab-Hellenic Bank (1979-1994)
- Bank of Crete (1980–1999)
- HSBC Bank Greece (1981-2022)
- Aspis Bank (1992-2013)
- Cyprus Popular Bank Greece (1992-2013)
- Pancretan Cooperative Bank (1994-2024)
- Millennium Bank (2000-2013)
- FBBank (2001-2013)
- Omega Bank (2001-2006)
- PROBANK (2001-2013)
- Proton Bank (2001-2011), followed by New Proton Bank (2011-2013)
See also
References
- ^ "What are less significant institutions?". European Central Bank. 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Members and Observers". European Banking Authority. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ a b c List of supervised entities - Cut-off date for changes in group structures: 1 September 2025 (PDF), European Central Bank, 24 October 2025
- ^ Giulia Gotti, Conor McCaffrey & Nicolas Véron (October 2024), Banking union and the long wait for cross-border integration (PDF), European Parliament
- ^ "The EBA updates list of third-country groups and branches operating in the European Union and the European Economic Area", European Banking Authority, 13 October 2025
- ^ "Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms - Current consolidated version - Article 2", EUR-Lex, p. L 176/350, 17 January 2025