Lion Finance Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Lion Finance Group (LSE: BGEO) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia that owns 6 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Lion Finance Group is the London-listed holding company of Bank of Georgia and Armenia's Ameriabank, and a constituent of the FTSE 100. It was called Bank of Georgia Group PLC until 6 February 2025, when it changed its name to reflect the March 2024 purchase of Ameriabank; the two banks kept their own names in their markets. It is incorporated in England and Wales, but its business is retail and corporate banking in Georgia and Armenia, with smaller operations in brokerage, leasing, a Belarusian bank and a Georgian digital business.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Lion Finance Group PLC (also Bank of Georgia Group PLC, BGEO)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Tickers
- LSE: BGEO
- LEI
- 213800XKDG12NQG8VC53
- Website
- lionfinancegroup.uk
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Lion Finance Group in numbers
- Lion Finance Group owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is finance & insurance with 4 brands.[1]
- 2 of its brands originated outside Georgia.
Everything Lion Finance Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Ameriabank (90%)
- Bank of Georgia
- Belarusky Narodny Bank (99.98%)
- Biletebi.ge (93.94%)
- Galt & Taggart
- Optimo
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Lion Finance Group own?
Lion Finance Group owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Biletebi.ge, Optimo, Belarusky Narodny Bank, Ameriabank, Bank of Georgia and Galt & Taggart.
Is Lion Finance Group a Georgian company?
Yes. Lion Finance Group is headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Who owns Lion Finance Group?
Lion Finance Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as BGEO on the LSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Lion Finance Group PLC - Annual Report 2025 (ESEF report) — Lion Finance Group PLC, Annual report; retrieved 27 October 2026.
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