First_Bank_(Romania)
First Bank is a Romanian bank, owned and managed by U.S. investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co. The bank was established in 1995 as Pater Bank, after which it was acquired and renamed by Piraeus Bank in 2000.[1]
Piraeus Bank sold its Romanian subsidiary to J.C. Flowers & Co. on 28 June 2018, who changed the bank's name to First Bank on 12 September 2018.[2]
In April 2020, First Bank acquired and absorbed the Romanian subsidiary of Bank Leumi.[1]
As of July 2018, the shareholder structure of the bank is as follows:[3]
- J.C. Flowers & Co. - 76.1%
- EBRD - 19%
- Natural persons - 4.9%