[3] Aktia has three business areas: Banking, Asset Management and Life Insurance.

[4] Aktia is owned by Finnish savings bank foundations, institutions and private individuals.

[5] The name Aktia is derived from the Greek language word akti, which means coast.

Aktia used to serve as the central financial institute for savings and local co-operative banks.

[6][7] Aktia originated from the oldest deposit bank in Finland, founded in 1825 as Helsingfors Stads Sparbanks Inrättning.