Optima bank S.A. | |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Type: | Anonymi Etairia |
Industry: | Financial services |
Predecessor: | Investment Bank of Greece |
Founded: | [1] |
Foundation: | 24 January 2000< |
Location City: | Maroussi |
Location Country: | Greece |
Locations: | 28 branches (2024)[2] |
Area Served: | Greece |
Key People: | George Taniskidis (Chairman) [3] Dimitris Kyparissis (CEO) |
Products: | Banking Financial services |
Net Income: | €103 million (2023)[4] |
Assets: | €4.1 billion (1Q 2024)[5] |
Equity: | €543.1 million (2023)[6] |
Owner: | Ireon Investments Ltd (8.9%) |
Num Employees: | 512 (1Q 2024)[7] |
Ratio: | Common Equity Tier 1 =15.9% (Fully Loaded Basel III)[8] |
Subsid: | Optima Capital Optima Investments Optima factors Optima asset management AEDAK |
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.
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.