Irpin. September, 18 2009. – The 18th of September in a festive atmosphere the Branch of Piraeus Bank in Irpin was opened after the reconstruction. The representatives of Bank’s top management, representatives of Irpin municipality, businessmen, clients, journalists and television were present on the opening ceremony. 

The Bank’s branch was opened in the downtown at address: Irpin, Shevchenko str., 4A. 

Bank’s working hours: Monday - Friday 9:00-18:00 without a break, Saturday and Sunday – days off. Branch provides a wide range of bank services to individuals and legal entities. Besides, in Bank’s premise 24-hour offside ATM is installed. 

“An opening of the rebranded branch in Irpin is the beginning of realization of the far-reaching program based on the implementation of European standards, that are used by Piraeus Bank Group in all countries of presence, –member of Board of Directors, branch net development department director Dmitro Musienko told on the opening ceremony. – The programme provides for opening new, modern, convenient and standardized front offices which would comply with the Group’s corporate requirements to ergonomics and decoration”. 

According to Kyiv region area manager of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine Tetyana Bondarenko Irpin branch occupies the second place in terms of deposits’ growth in Kyiv region. “Surely this is one of the best Piraeus Bank branches in terms of quality of service and sale results not only in Kyiv region but in Ukraine, – Mrs Bondarenko said. – Despite the difficult economic situation in Ukraine, next year we will continue to invest money into the opening and renewal of branches according to European standards”. 

On the opening ceremony Irpin branch manager Mykhailo Plonish mentioned that about 1000 clients of Irpin branch will feel not only the comfort of renewed premise but also a new approach to servicing. “The branch employees are highly experienced specialists motivated on the result achievement and clients attraction. And this can be reached only through high quality of current clients’ service and due to the skills how to take into account interests of every customer”, Mykhailo Plonish said. 

Note. Piraeus Bank is one of the major banking institutions of Southern and Eastern Europe with assets of EUR 54 bln (as of 30.06.2009). Established in 1916, Piraeus Bank today has presence in Greece, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Egypt, Serbia, Cyprus as well as in the world financial centres of New York and London. Piraeus Bank S.A. leads Piraeus Bank Group, which consists of 10 banks and 21 companies covering the entire range of financial services. 

In Ukraine Piraeus Bank provides a full range of banking services to individuals, small and medium business and to corporate clients. The regional network of Piraeus Bank ICB covers 14 regions of Ukraine. In Kyiv region clients are served in 15 branches of the Bank. 

Piraeus Bank is a member of Association of Ukrainian Banks, participant of the Fund of Guaranteeing the Deposits of Individuals. The Bank also included in the list of banks authorized by the Pension Fund of Ukraine to make payments of pensions and financial assistance.

Piraeus Bank Press Service in Ukraine
Andriy Sakhno
phone/fax: +38(044)495-8888
e-mail: asakhno@piraeusbank.ua