Greece's fourth-largest lender Piraeus Bank is close to a deal to buy Societe Generale's (SOGN.PA) Greek subsidiary Geniki Bank, Greek media reported on Wednesday.
Talks between the two banks are at an advanced stage and a deal could be reached as early as this week, the Proto Thema newspaper said on its website, without citing sources. France's SocGen would retain a minority stake in Piraeus, it added.
A SocGen spokeswoman declined to comment on the report while Piraeus was not immediately available for comment.
If successful, the deal would come a month after Piraeus took over the healthy chunk of ailing state lender ATEbank in a deal that will benefit its balance sheet and help it cope with the country's debt crisis.
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