OREANDA-NEWS. On January 14, 2007 in Marijampole, SAMPO bankas has opened its 17th customer service outlet in Lithuania. In the capital of Suvalkija, SAMPO bankas can be found on Vytauto str. 48B, reported the press-centre of SAMPO bankas.

The new Marijampole customer service outlet of the Alytus branch will be open Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and will provide all banking services.

"Marijampole is one of the biggest cities in Lithuania. Opening an outlet of SAMPO bankas in this city was therefore just a question of time", Marius Vismantas, director of the Personal Banking Service of SAMPO bankas says. "We hope that the citizens of the capital of Suvalkija will soon discover the advantages of our bank and will come to SAMPO bankas as their personal financial adviser", he adds.

This week, the new outlet of the bank decorated with live flowers will welcome the citizens and guests of Marijampole and there will be gifts and other pleasant surprises for customers. The present customers of SAMPO bankas residing in Marijampole and Vilkaviskis districts will be informed about the new outlet of the bank in Marijampole by personal letters.

Currently, six branches and 17 customer service outlets of SAMPO bankas operate in the biggest cities of Lithuania. This year, SAMPO bankas is planning to open another five customer service outlets in various cities of Lithuania.

AB SAMPO bankas belongs to Danske Bank (Denmark), one of the largest Scandinavian and Western Europe financial service groups. Danske Bank acquired SAMPO banks in Finland and the Baltic countries in October 2006, and the acquisition transaction was finally completed in February 2007. Since July of this year, the entire share package of AB SAMPO bankas has belonged directly to Danske Bank Group.

In terms of tier one capital, Danske Bank is 25th among the banking groups of Western Europe and 42nd worldwide. Banks belonging to Danske Bank occupy the leading positions in Scandinavia, and they also operate in Ireland, the Baltic countries, and Russia. The Danske Bank group has nearly 24,000 employees.