on 25 march 2013 hellenic bank sold its greek branches to piraeus bank. as of 27 march 2013, former hellenic bank customers could use the atms of all piraeus bank group banks (piraeus bank & atebank, geniki bank and former bank of cyprus and cpb bank networks) free of charge. the process of merging the operations of the former hellenic bank network in greece into piraeus bank was completed in mid-july 2013. this was followed by the closure of the vast majority of the former hellenic bank branches and the dismissal of its personnel.