{{short description|Bank in Poland}} {{For|similarly named banks|Eurobank (disambiguation){{!}}Eurobank}} {{Infobox company | name = Euro Bank | logo = Logo of Euro Bank.svg | type = Spółka Akcyjna | traded_as = | founder = | area_served = | key_people = Alexis Lacroix | industry = | products = Financial services | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Bank Millennium | subsid = | footnotes = | vector_logo = | foundation = 2003 | location_city = Wrocław | location_country = Poland | location = ul. św. Mikołaja 72, 50-126 | origins = | slogan = | homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190625022308/https://eurobank.pl/ eurobank.pl] | dissolved = 2019 }} '''Euro Bank SA''' (also known as Eurobank) was a Polish commercial bank offering financial services to individuals. The bank also maintained personal accounts and term deposits, provided consolidation loans, payment cards, and credit cards. It distributed investment funds of Novo Fundusze and Allianz.
Euro Bank had a nationwide network of its own and franchise branches. It also operated outlets in shopping centers.
On 1 October 2019 as a result of the legal merger, the legal successor of Euro Bank SA became Bank Millennium SA.
==History== thumb|Euro Bank in Wrocław The Bank was established in 2003 by taking over Look Finansowanie Inwestycji, controlled by Mariusz Łukasiewicz, a controlling stake existing since 1990 from Bank Społem S.A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.money.pl/banki/wiadomosci/artykul/odeszlo;cudowne;dziecko;polskiej;bankowosci,44,0,36652.html|title=Odeszło cudowne dziecko polskiej bankowości|last=Bonek|first=Tomasz|date=2004-04-27|website=www.money.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> In 2003, Bank Społem S.A. changed its name to Euro Bank S.A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurobank.pl/o-banku/biuro-prasowe/eurobank-realizuje-plany-zaozyciela/|title=eurobank realizuje plany założyciela|website=eurobank.pl|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>
After the founder's death in 2004, the Société Générale group became the owner of Eurobank.
On November 5, 2018, Bank Millennium and Société Générale signed a contract for the purchase of Euro Bank by Bank Millennium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.societegenerale.com/en/content/societe-generale-announces-sale-euro-bank-its-retail-banking-subsidiary-poland-bank-1|title=Societe Generale announces the sale of Euro Bank, its Retail banking subsidiary in Poland, to Bank Millennium|date=2018-11-05|website=Société Générale|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> The subject of the transaction is the acquisition by Bank Millennium of approximately 99.79% of shares in Euro Bank for a reference price of PLN 1,833 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://biznes.interia.pl/gieldy/news/bank-millennium-kupuje-euro-bank-i-zwieksza-skale-dzialania,2591170,1844|title=Bank Millennium kupuje Euro Bank i zwiększa skalę działania|website=biznes.interia.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> The strategical investor of the bank is Banco Comercial Português (BCP).
Eurobank ran numerous advertising campaigns in which appeared, among others, Krystyna Janda, Danuta Stenka,<ref name=eurobank.pl>{{cite web|title=Eurobank rozpoczyna szeroką kampanię karty kredytowej "karta, która sama przypomina o spłacie"|url=http://www.eurobank.pl/biuro-prasowe,sms,38,42.html|website=eurobank.pl|accessdate=2017-11-23|language=pl}}</ref> Janusz Gajos,<ref name=eurobank.pl2>{{cite web|title=Eurobank startuje z drugą odsłoną kampanii wizerunkowej z udziałem gwiazd|url=http://www.eurobank.pl/biuro-prasowe,kampania,46,42.html|website=eurobank.pl|accessdate=2017-11-23|language=pl}}</ref> Tomasz Kot<ref name=eurobank.pl/> Katarzyna Figura<ref name=eurobank.pl2/> and Piotr Adamczyk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Piotr Adamczyk eksperymentuje w eurobanku|url=http://www.eurobank.pl/biuro-prasowe,piotr-adamczyk-w-eurobanku,148,42.html|website=eurobank.pl|accessdate=2017-11-23|language=pl}}</ref>
==See also== * List of banks in Poland
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