Greek Alpha Bank agrees to buy Cypriot Astrobank
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 27, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 27, 2025
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Alpha Bank Services and Holdings said on Thursday it has reached a binding agreement to buy small Cypriot bank AstroBank for about 200 million euros.
The transaction will take place through Alpha Bank Cyprus, which is Alpha Bank's unit in Cyprus, and is expected to be concluded in the last quarter of 2025.
The small Cypriot bank has 15 branches, 2.2 billion euros of deposits and 800 million euros of loans, Alpha Bank said.
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)