| National Bank of Greece S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides diversified financial services primarily in Greece. The company involves in retail and commercial banking, global investment management, investment banking, insurance, investment activities, and securities trading operations. It offers demand deposits, savings deposits, time deposits, and current accounts; investment products; consumer loans, personal loans, mortgage loans, automobile loans, overdraft facilities, and foreign currency loans, as well as letters of credit and guarantees; credit cards; currency swaps and options; and ATMs. The company also provides financial and investment advisory services, foreign exchange, custody services, and trade finance services; and shipping finance, leasing, factoring, treasury, private banking, private equity, and brokerage services, as well as asset management, including mutual funds and closed end funds. In addition, it offers life, accident, health, fire, catastrophe, credit, motor, and marine hull and cargo insurance products, as well as general third party liability; real estate insurance, payment protection insurance, and life and disability insurance; and investment-saving-retirement insurance products, as well as pensions. Further, the company engages in the real estate management activities, including warehousing and third-party property management; and hotel management, as well as provides real estate and information technology consulting, and professional training services. It primarily serves individuals, professionals, small-medium and small sized companies, and corporate customers. The company also has operations in Turkey, the United Kingdom, south eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt, and South Africa. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 574 branches, 1 private banking unit, 1 unit for financial institutions, and 7 specialized banking units; and 1,481 ATMs. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece. |
