Greece's bank rescue fund HFSF said on Wednesday it may call an extraordinary shareholders meeting at the National Bank of Greece (NBG) to discuss the appointment of the bank’s new chairman, Panayotis Thomopoulos earlier in the day.

This year’s Financial News 'FN most influential women in Finance 2014' list, which is the eighth annual editorial pick of the most influential female executives working in financial services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa of Dow Jones Newswires includes a new entry from Greece.

Today, European Union financial aid managers authorized Alpha Bank's reduction regarding global operations, and will support its activity, according to international reports.