About Danske Bankas

In the former temporary capital, SAMPO bankas opened its fourth customer service outlet in Kaunas and its 18th customer service outlet (CSO) in Lithuania.

The Kaunas branch, Taikos CSO, which opened its doors this morning, is located at 145 Taikos Ave., Kaunas. The outlet will be open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Alfonsas Gicevičius, Head of the Kaunas branch, is pleased to announce that the opening of the new outlet will help provide a more efficient service that will quickly satisfy the banking needs of residents and guests of Kaunas. "The new outlet is located near the Kaunas car marketplace. Taking into account the unique nature of this location, the new customer service outlet will also be open on Saturdays, as this is one of the most active days of the week in the car marketplace", says A.Gicevičius. "We hope that people will quickly evaluate the advantages of the new outlet and discover its convenience and benefits", he adds.

The Taikos customer service outlet will provide all the usual banking services. The head of the outlet is senior manager Jurgita Balčiūnienė.

In the coming days, the new SAMPO outlet will greet its customers with gifts. Customers of SAMPO bankas residing in the Kaunas region will be informed about the opening of the new outlet by email.

Currently, SAMPO bankas has six branches in the biggest cities of Lithuania and 18 customer service outlets. This year, SAMPO bankas is planning to open another four customer service outlets in various cities throughout Lithuania.

AB SAMPO bankas belongs to Danske Bank (Denmark) which is one of the largest Scandinavian and Western European groups of financial services. Danske Bank acquired Sampo banks in Finland and Baltic States in November 2006 and completed the purchase transaction in February 2007. In July 2007 Danske Bank Group acquired the qualifying holding of AB SAMPO bankas.

In terms of Tier I capital Danske Bank is the 25th among banking groups at the Western European and the 42nd – at the global level. Banks belonging to Danske Bank occupy leading positions in Scandinavia and also have their branches set up in Ireland, Baltic States and Russia. Danske Bank Group employs more than 24 thousand of people.