The bank was incorporated in 1924 as “V. Karavasilis Tobacco Company and Bank SA”. In 1937 it was renamed “Karavasilis Bank SA” and in 1952 “Professional Credit Bank SA”. In 1964 it was acquired by the
National Bank of Greece, who renamed it Bank of Athens in 1992. In March 1999, Bank of Athens merged with EFG Eurobank SA. In 2000 the bank changed its name to EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA after taking over the renowned Ergasias Bank. A financial products subsidiary was founded in 2007 (49.9% owned by employees). In 2012, the bank sold 70% of the Polish branches called
Polbank to
Raiffeisen Bank International. The proposed merger included a capital boost from
Qatar Investment Authority of 500 million euro convertible bond and a 1.25 billion euro rights issue which would have Qatar Investment Authority a major shareholder and from Southeast Europe's biggest bank with assets of 150 billion euros and 80 billion euros of deposits. After the
Greek debt crisis and bailouts of Greek banks in 2012, Swiss-Luxembourg based
EFG—the then owner of Eurobank—was told to separate the Greek bank from the rest of its business. In July of that year Eurobank was deconsolidated from the group and its shares sold to
Yiannis Latsis and it was renamed Eurobank Ergasias. In January 2013, the
National Bank of Greece made an offer, which ultimately did not go through, to take over Eurobank Ergasias; 64,000 Eurobank shareholders and the Greek capital market commission agreed. Later in 2013 Eurobank acquired
New TT Hellenic Postbank and
New Proton Bank. Canadian fund
Fairfax Financial are major shareholders, with an 18.2% stake in 2018, that was increased after the takeover of Grivalia Properties until 32.9%. In the end of year 2015 results, total net loans were (non performing 43.8%, of which provisions were at 53.3%), customer deposits , and central bank funding was . At the end of 2020, the bad loans of the group reached an amount of €5.7 billion. In March 2020, Eurobank announced a project for reducing its nonperforming loans index from 14% to 9%. In March 2023, the Greek bank Eurobank sold its Serbian unit to
AIK Banka for €280 million, becoming Serbia's second-largest financial conglomerate. In March 2024, Eurobank acquired, through a subsidiary, 2.3% of the shares in
ANT1 and
Makedonia TV. In September 2024, Eurobank finalised the acquisition of a 26.1% stake in Cypriot
Hellenic Bank thus increasing its stake in Hellenic to 55.9 per cent of the Cypriot bank's shares. On 7 November 2024, Eurobank increased its stake in Hellenic Bank to 68.81% of the shares and announced its intention to make a full bid on Hellenic. On 11 February 2025, Eurobank announced that its stake in Hellenic Bank reached 93.47% of the shares and the launch of a mandatory public offer to acquire the remaining shares of Hellenic Bank, in order to complete the acquisition by obtaining full ownership of Hellenic Bank and then delist it from the Cyprus Stock Exchange. On 1 September 2025, Eurobank Ergasias finalised the merger of Hellenic Bank with its Cypriot subsidiary (Eurobank Cyprus), which discontinued the 'Hellenic Bank' brand. ==Major acquisitions==