Geniki Bank is a Greek financier group that provides complete banking and financing services. It was founded in 1937.

The bank is traded at the Athens Stock Exchange

Athens Stock Exchange

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 since 26 January 1963. The main shareholder of General Bank of Greece was the Participial Fund of Army but since March 2004 the majority of shares was acquired by Société Générale

Société Générale

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 Group and changed the name from General Bank of Greece to Geniki Bank.

Today, Geniki bank operates 140 branches in Greece

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, while the group is also consisted by four subsidiary companies, that provide specialised banking, financing and insurance services.