Editing Alpha Bank (section)

=== 1994 - 2000 ===

In 1994 the name of the bank was changed again to "Alpha Credit Bank". In 1997 the bank expanded into Albania with the establishment of branches in all major cities of the country.<ref name="Με λογισμό και μ’ όνειρο.2">{{cite book |title=Με λογισμό και μ' όνειρο. Alpha Bank, 19ος-21ος αιώνας |year=2016 |publisher=Alpha Bank |location=Αθήνα |pages=214–220|editor=Κώστας Κωστής}}</ref>  In 1998, the bank was the first in Greece to launch Alpha Web Banking, which established banking transactions via the Internet, and in the same year the bank expanded to Cyprus with the acquisition of Lombard NatWest Bank Ltd, which would later be renamed Alpha Bank Cyprus.<ref name="Με λογισμό και μ’ όνειρο.2"/>

The following year the bank acquired a majority stake in Kreditna Banka the fourth largest bank in North Macedonia, later renamed Alpha Bank A.D. Skopje. In 1999 the Bank acquired 51% of the shares of [[Ionian Bank]] for 272 billion drachmas, making it the largest privatisation ever in Greece.<ref name="ΤαΝέα">{{cite web |last=Σιώτος |first=Γιάννης |title=Στον όμιλο της Πίστεως με 272 δισ. η Ιονική Τράπεζα |date=March 29, 1999 |url=https://www.tanea.gr/1999/03/29/economy/ston-omilo-tis-pistews-me-272-dis-i-ioniki-trapeza/ |publisher=tanea.gr |access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> The merger of the two banking institutions was completed in 2000 and the new enlarged bank was named Alpha Bank.