# Euro Bank

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{{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](/source/S.A._(corporation))
| traded_as        = 
| founder          = 
| area_served      = 
| key_people       = Alexis Lacroix
| industry         = 
| products         = [Financial services](/source/Financial_services)
| revenue          = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income       =
| owner            = 
| num_employees    = 
| parent           = [Bank Millennium](/source/Bank_Millennium)
| subsid           = 
| footnotes        = 
| vector_logo      = 
| foundation       = 2003
| location_city    = [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw)
| location_country = [Poland](/source/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](/source/financial_services) to individuals. The bank also maintained personal accounts and term deposits, provided consolidation loans, payment cards, and [credit card](/source/credit_card)s. It distributed [investment funds](/source/Investment_fund) of Novo Fundusze and [Allianz](/source/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](/source/Mariusz_%C5%81ukasiewicz), 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](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale) group became the owner of Eurobank.

On November 5, 2018, [Bank Millennium](/source/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](/source/Banco_Comercial_Portugu%C3%AAs) (BCP).

Eurobank ran numerous advertising campaigns in which appeared, among others, [Krystyna Janda](/source/Krystyna_Janda), [Danuta Stenka](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tomasz_Kot)<ref name=eurobank.pl/> [Katarzyna Figura](/source/Katarzyna_Figura)<ref name=eurobank.pl2/> and [Piotr Adamczyk](/source/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](/source/List_of_banks_in_Poland)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Banks established in 2003
Category:Companies based in Wrocław
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