History

ALPHA BANK was founded in 1879 in Kalamata City (Greece) by John F.Costopoulos.

In 1918 the banking department of the "J.F. Costopoulos" firm was renamed to "Bank of Kalamata".

In 1924 the Bank's headquarters were moved to Athens, and it was renamed to "Banque de Credit Commercial Hellenique".

In 1947 the title was changed to "Commercial Credit Bank", in 1972 to "Credit Bank" and finally in March 1994 to "Alpha Credit Bank".

In 1999 the bank acquired 51% of the shares of the Ionian Bank. On April 11, 2000 the merger of the Ionian Bank was approved through absorption by Alpha Credit Bank. The name of the enlarged, new Bank, resulting from this merger is Alpha Bank.

Nowadays Alpha Bank is the second largest bank in Greece and large international financial group. The Bank's activities cover the entire range of financial services.