Charges brought against 27 ATE employees for bad loans

epa03321804 A woman passes by a branch of Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATEbank) in Athens, Greece, 28 July 2012. Reports state that the Bank of Greece and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund have defined the absorption of ATEbank by Piraeus Bank, which aims at restructuring the Greek banking system and strengthening its financial stability. Together both forces of Piraeus Bank and Agricultural Bank, create a sound domestic financial institution, that provides absolute security to the agricultural world and greater potential for funding of the national economy, with 75 billion euros total assets, 35 billion euros customer deposits and 47 billion euros loans. The Group employs 17,000 people and the total branch network operates 1,230 branches, with a presence in 9 countries abroad. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI (File: INT11552798.jpg )