Open a corporate account with Alpha Bank

About the Bank

Alpha Credit Bank AE was founded in 1879 and is today the largest private sector bank in Greece. The bank has established numerous subsidiaries of financial, insurance and investment companies, has more than 400 branches in Greece, as well as an international presence in the UK, Romania, Albania, Cyprus, Jersey, Bulgaria and Skopia. In October 1998, Alpha Credit Bank AE acquired Lombard NatWest Bank, later renamed Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd.

Bank services

International payments (by swift, telex, check or postal order), documentary letters of credit, trade finance, forfaiting, dealing transactions, bonds and guarantees, loans in all currencies, sale and purchase of currencies, trust, investment and shipping services, assistance and lending in the acquisition of property in Cyprus.

Advantages

• high reliability and recognized authority in the civilized world of Cypriot banks;
• proximity to bank branches of offices of professional consultants in the field of finance and taxation;
• quick and easy account opening;
• lack of “draconian” rules for new clients from Eastern Europe;
• efficiency and low cost of banking services;
• simplicity and variety of ways to remotely manage an account;
• russian-speaking employees work in many banks;
• ease of depositing and withdrawing cash;
• deposits in local banks are guaranteed by the Cypriot government.

Documents required for account opening

A bank representative in Kyiv conducts interviews, certifies signatures of clients on bank forms, certifies photocopies of passports and documents. On the same day, he reports the account details, contact numbers, names of bank officers and account number. The bank forms are signed by the client, the set of original documents of the company does not remain in the bank. Confirmation of opening an account (including number, details, contact numbers, names of bank officers), tariffs, tables, other materials come by e-mail/fax, codes for management – in the package by courier mail. Copy of Ukrainian and international passport, bank recommendation letter.

Additional Information

• Account type:
  • Estimated
  • Savings
  • Card
• Account management:

  Management takes place via fax, telephone, e-mail.

• Minimum balance on the account:

  Absent as such

• Initial payment:

  Absent. But if the funds on the account do not appear within 3 months, the account may be closed; in this case, you must contact the bank and warn the manager of your intentions.

• Terms of account opening:

  Account is booked on the same day, full opening 3 weeks

• Personal presence:

  A personal visit by the beneficiary and the account manager of the representative office in Kyiv or at the office of our company is obligatory.