The Hellenic Competition Commission’s (HCC’s) investigatory activity during 2019 was marked by the biggest Dawn Raid carried out to date by HCC’s officials in the banking sector. HCC officials carried out successive unannounced ex-officio investigations at the premises of a number of banks and banking associations triggered by complaints filed by market players supporting that the four (4) systemic banks under investigation are alleged to have been involved in anti-competitive horizontal agreements in the provision of banking and payment services.