Moneta Money Bank, a.s. (stylised as MONETA), also known as Moneta Bank, is a Czech bank headquartered in Prague. Previously owned by General Electric, it became a publicly traded company in 2016. Its shares are listed on the Prague Stock Exchange.
History The bank was established as GE Capital Bank in 1998. That year, it received a banking licence and took over Agrobanka's branch network and the principal part of its balance sheet. It changed its name to GE Money Bank in January 2005.
The bank changed its name to Moneta Money Bank in May 2016, when its shares were listed in Prague. They were offered at CZK 68 each. General Electric gradually reduced its holding during the following months and sold its last shares in November.
In December 2019, Moneta agreed to buy Wüstenrot's Czech building savings bank and mortgage bank. The €175 million deal closed on 1 April 2020. Wüstenrot stavební spořitelna was later renamed Moneta Stavební Spořitelna. The mortgage bank was merged into Moneta Money Bank in January 2021.
Moneta also pursued two unsuccessful deals to acquire Air Bank and Home Credit's Czech and Slovak businesses from PPF. The first ended in February 2019 after Moneta sought a different price in response to shareholder concerns.
PPF made another proposal in 2021. Moneta's shareholders approved the transaction in December, but the deal was called off in May 2022. PPF cited changes in economic conditions, including higher capital requirements and interest rates.
Operations Moneta provides retail banking services and lends to sole traders, smaller companies and agricultural businesses. It also offers building savings, vehicle financing and leasing, and distributes insurance and investment funds.
At the end of 2025, the group served approximately 1.6 million retail and commercial customers. The bank had 122 branches and 561 ATMs of its own, with customers also being able to use ATMs in a shared network. Its partners in the network are Komerční banka, Air Bank and UniCredit Bank.
Ownership Tanemo (PPF Group) held 29.94% of Moneta in 2026. Mythessa Holdings and Manecomte both held about 10%.
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