Piraeus Bank

Summary

Piraeus Bank is a bank^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of bank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Piraeus Bank is in the country of Greece^[3].
• Piraeus Bank is in the country of EG^[4].
• Piraeus Bank's instance of is recorded as bank^[5].
• Piraeus Bank's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Piraeus Bank's instance of is recorded as financial institution^[7].
• Piraeus Bank's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• Piraeus Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Athens^[9].
• Piraeus Bank's child organization or unit is recorded as Geniki Bank^[10].
• Piraeus Bank's Commons category is recorded as Piraeus Bank^[11].
• Piraeus Bank's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group^[12].
• Piraeus Bank's stock exchange is recorded as Athens Stock Exchange^[13].
• Piraeus Bank's industry is recorded as financial services^[14].
• Piraeus Bank's industry is recorded as financial sector^[15].
• Piraeus Bank's industry is recorded as economics of banking^[16].
• January 1, 1916 marks the founding of Piraeus Bank^[17].
• 1978-06-29 marks the founding of Piraeus Bank^[18].
• Piraeus Bank's official website is recorded as http://www.piraeusbank.gr/^[19].
• Piraeus Bank's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΟΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ'}^[20].
• Piraeus Bank's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PIRAEUS BANK SA'}^[21].
• Piraeus Bank's legal form is recorded as Anonymi Etaireia^[22].
• Piraeus Bank's legal form is recorded as 9999^[23].
• Piraeus Bank's owner of is recorded as Piraeus Bank Tower Bucharest^[24].
• Piraeus Bank's owner of is recorded as Piraeus Bank Beograd^[25].
• Piraeus Bank's common equity tier 1 capital ratio is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[26].
• Piraeus Bank's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6996'}^[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 254900KZ1HSLCH4F2E74^[28]

• Registered legal name: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait - Egypt S.A.E.^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: EG^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 9999^[32]

• Other legal form: Bank^[33]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[34]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[35]

• Entity created: 1978-06-29^[36]

• LEI first registered: 2017-12-26^[37]

• LEI last updated: 2026-05-10^[38]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-05-09^[39]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[40]

• Registration authority: RA000179^[41]

• Authority entity ID: 46388^[42]

• Other names: Piraeus Bank^[43]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[44]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1916^[17] and 1978-06-29^[18].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΟΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ'}^[20] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PIRAEUS BANK SA'}^[21].

Operations

Piraeus Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Athens^[9]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Geniki Bank^[10].

Industry

Industries include financial services^[14], financial sector^[15], and economics of banking^[16].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group^[12] and Athens Stock Exchange^[13].

Why It Matters

Piraeus Bank ranks in the top 10% of bank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]