There have been two banks with the name Bank of Athens, both headquartered in Athens, Greece. The first was founded in 1893 and operated in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean until the National Bank of Greece acquired it in 1953. The name disappeared a few years thereafter. The second Bank of Athens was founded in 1993 and merged into EFG Eurobank Ergasias in 1999.
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Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air
Falling towers
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