Greece · Credit institution
National Bank of Greece SA
Legal name in the LEI recordΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Α.Ε.
National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) is a Greek public limited company with its head office at 86 Eolou Street, Athens. It was founded in 1841, and its shares have been listed on the Athens exchange, now Euronext Athens, since 1880. Its shares are widely held; the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP) holds 8.50%. The bank provides retail, corporate and investment banking in Greece, and it has banking subsidiaries in Cyprus and North Macedonia.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers. It is on the ECB list of supervised entities (see Regulatory status): that is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervisory group
- Heads its own group
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 75-100 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- National Bank of Greece, S.A.
- RIAD code
- GR011
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ETHNGRAAXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ETHNGRAA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1980-05-05
- Last updated
- 2018-03-24
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker ETE
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as NBG
- Standing
- The bank is active. According to its 30 June 2026 interim report, its former branch in Egypt (BIC ETHNEGCA) is under liquidation. The bank states that it no longer has offices or business in Egypt.
- Ownership
- The shares are widely held; the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP), which took over the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund in December 2024, holds 8.50%.
- Major shareholder
- Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP) 8.5%
- Stock listing
- Euronext Athens ETE
- Head office
- 86 Eolou Street, 10559 Athens, Greece
- Company register
- G.E.MI. 237901000 (General Commercial Registry, Greece)
Business lines
According to its 2026 interim report, the bank serves individuals, small businesses and corporates in Greece, and it offers shipping finance, treasury and custody services. Group subsidiaries provide leasing, factoring and asset management.
Online
- Websites & references
- nbg.gr ↗
nbg.com.eg ↗ website of the former Egypt branch (now in liquidation)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q1816028 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- nbg.gr/-/jssmedia/Files/Group/enhmerwsh-ependutwn/Financial-statements-annual-interim/Financial-
- nbg.gr/-/jssmedia/Files/Group/enhmerwsh-ependutwn/Press-Releases/NBG-2Q26-Results-Press-Release-
- nbg.gr/en/group/esg/corporate-governance/board-of-directors
- nbg.gr/en/group/esg/corporate-governance/management-organizational-structure
- nbg.gr/en/group/esg/corporate-governance/shareholder-structure
- nbg.gr/en/group/investor-relations
- nbg.gr/en/footer/financial-institutions
- nbg.gr/-/jssmedia/Files/Footer/Financial-Institutions/STANDARD-SETTLEMENT-INSTRUCTIONS.pdf
- nbg.gr/en/egypt-business-closure
- dpa.gr/el/enimerwtiko/prakseisArxis/epiboli-prostimoy-kai-epiplixis-se-trapeza-gia-parabiasi-dik
- dpa.gr/el/enimerwtiko/prakseisArxis/epiboli-prostimoy-stin-ethniki-trapeza-gia-peristatiko-parab
- lawspot.gr/nomika-nea/apdph-prostima-340000-eyro-stin-ethniki-trapeza-gia-paraviasi-prosopikon-dedom
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_Greece
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Pavlos Mylonas CEO, Executive Board Member & Chair of the Executive Committee
- Chair
- Gikas Hardouvelis Chair of the Board, Non-Executive
- Chief financial officer
- Christos Christodoulou General Manager, Group Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee
- Executive
- Panos Dasmanoglou General Manager of Group Compliance and Corporate Governance; Secretary of the Board of Directors and its Committees
- Executive
- Ioannis Vagionitis General Manager of Group Risk Management (Chief Risk Officer)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank (Single Supervisory Mechanism) Prudential supervisor
- Greece
- Bank of Greece Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
- Greece
- Hellenic Capital Market Commission Securities
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The bank signed a memorandum with Allianz SE to acquire 30% of Allianz European Reliance and set up exclusive bancassurance, pending regulatory approvals.
nbg.gr ↗ -
Leadership
The bank announced the resignation of Michalis Haralabidis, HCAP's board representative, three weeks after his election on 19 January 2026.
nbg.gr ↗ -
Leadership
Claude Piret resigned from the board, which elected Michael Tsamaz and Oscar Rodriguez Herrero as independent non-executive directors.
nbg.gr ↗ -
Enforcement
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority fined the bank EUR 120,000 under Decision 3/2025 over a personal data breach linked to its mobile payments application.
lawspot.gr ↗ -
Enforcement
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority fined the bank EUR 220,000 under Decision 1/2025 for failings in handling data subject access requests.
dpa.gr ↗ -
Other
The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund sold shares in a public offering, reducing its stake in the bank to 8.39%.
nbg.gr ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ETHNGRAAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ETHNBank
- GRCountry · Greece
- AALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 5UMCZOEYKCVFAW8ZLO05
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- HEBIC (bank and branch code) 0110040 + 305 more
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Greece · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1841
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The National Bank of Greece S.A. group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including National Bank of Greece (Cyprus)ltd, Stopanska Banka A.D. Skopje.
See the National Bank of Greece S.A. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AIOLOU 86 ATHENS GREECE
- Operational address
- AIOLOU STREET 86 ATHENS 10232 ATHENS GREECE
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ETHNGRAAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5UMCZOEYKCVFAW8ZLO05</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ETHNGRAAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5UMCZOEYKCVFAW8ZLO05</LEI>
<Nm>NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>ATHENS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AIOLOU 86 ATHENS</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>At least 10 national bank codes route to this BIC. The blocks add none, because the right one depends on the account.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2021-12-15 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2009-11-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2009-11-02 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-06 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. The T2 list names direct participants only and gives no joining date. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
HEBIC (bank and branch code) · Greece
Showing 10 of 306 codes · ISO 20022 clearing system code GRBIC
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0110040 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – CENTRAL BRANCH | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| 0110046 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – SEPOLIA BRANCH | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| 0110047 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – AGIOS IEROTHEOS BRANCH | ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙΟΥ |
| 0110051 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – VRILISSIA BRANCH | ΒΡΙΛΗΣΣΙΩΝ |
| 0110053 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – CHAROKOPOU BRANCH | ΚΑΛΛΙΘΕΑΣ |
| 0110054 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – MEGARO VOULIS BRANCH | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| 0110064 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – ODOU PANORMOU BRANCH | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| 0110067 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – ANO ILISSIA BRANCH | ΖΩΓΡΑΦΟΥ |
| 0110068 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – ODOU EVELPIDON BRANCH | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| 0110073 | ETHNGRAAXXX | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. – ANO GLYFADA BRANCH | ΓΛΥΦΑΔΑΣ |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 3 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Athens, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 26 accounts at other banks, across 4 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
26 accounts at other banks and 1 route through its own offices, in 16 currencies, as the bank publishes them: nbg.gr ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| AUD | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA Australia | CTBAAU2S | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | BANK OF MONTREAL Canada | BOFMCAM2 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS SWITZERLAND AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | DANSKE BANK A/S Denmark | DABADKKK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | NORDEA BANK ABP Denmark | NDEADKKK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA (EBA, TARGET) Greece | ETHNGRAA | — | EUR settlement directly with the bank via EBA and TARGET | Settles directly |
| GBP | LLOYDS BANK PLC United Kingdom | LOYDGB2L | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC United Kingdom | NWBKGB2L | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | BARCLAYS BANK PLC United Kingdom | BARCGB22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | HSBC BANK PLC United Kingdom | MIDLGB22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD Hong Kong SAR China | HSBCHKHH | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG BANK LTD Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MIZUHO BANK LTD Japan | MHCBJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION Japan | SMBCJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | DNB BANK ASA Norway | DNBANOKK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| PLN | DEUTSCHE BANK AG Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| RON | BRD-GROUP SOCIETE GENERALE SA Romania | BRDEROBU | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | NORDEA BANK ABP Sweden | NDEASESS | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN Sweden | ESSESESS | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SINGAPORE Singapore | BOFASG2X | — | — | Directory name differs BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
| TRY | QNB FINANSBANK AS Türkiye | FNNBTRIS | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS United States | BKTRUS33 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON United States | IRVTUS3N | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | CITIBANK NA United States | CITIUS33 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA United States | CHASUS33 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | FIRSTRAND BANK LTD South Africa | FIRNZAJJ | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
This is the 'Standard Settlement Instructions' PDF linked from the Financial Institutions page (footer of nbg.gr). The document is undated. It lists 25 rows by currency, with the correspondent name, BIC and city; all rows were extracted. No account numbers are published. The EUR row names the bank itself (settlement via EBA and TARGET), not a correspondent. In the PDF text layer the CHF BIC contains a Greek capital Beta; the rendered page shows UBSWCHZH80A. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHNGRAACUS | CUSTODIAN FOR FOREIGN INST. INVESTORS | Athens | EUROPA PLAZA EL. VENIZELOU AVENUE 328-330 ATHENS 17675 ATHENS GREECE | — | 2018-03-24 |
| ETHNGRAAGRI | CUSTODIAN FOR GREEK INST. INVESTORS | Athens | EUROPA PLAZA EL. VENIZELOU AVENUE 328-330 ATHENS 17675 ATHENS GREECE | — | 2018-03-24 |
| ETHNGRAATIP | TIPS TECHNICAL ACNT BIC | Athens | AIOLOU STREET 86 ATHENS 10232 ATHENS GREECE | — | 2021-11-06 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of T2 participants. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Greece (Source: Hellenic Bank Association (HEBIC); LEIs: European Central Bank, list of MFIs).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: National Bank of Greece S.A. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original.
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