Raiffeisen Bank and IFC Hold a Meeting in Vienna to Expand Partnership in Ukraine

Raiffeisen Bank held a strategic business meeting with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), during which the parties confirmed plans to further expand their partnership in support of Ukrainian businesses, economic resilience, and reconstruction efforts under the Rebuild Ukraine framework.

Raiffeisen Bank was represented by Ruslan Spivak, Director of the Financial Institutions, Investment Banking and Corporate Strategy Department, and Yuliia Tarashchenko, Head of Financial Institutions. Together with the IFC team, they discussed new offerings for investment programs, support mechanisms for entrepreneurs, women-led businesses, veterans, youth and internally displaced persons, as well as financial instruments aimed at accelerating the recovery of critical infrastructure and the development of the real sector.

The partnership between IFC and Raiffeisen Bank includes two risk sharing facilities (RSFs) established in the end of 2024, totaling more than $210 million, supporting financing for SMEs, the agribusiness sector, and medium and larger corporates, as well as renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects — key components of Ukraine’s energy security and recovery. Under IFC’s $40 million trade-finance guarantee facility Raiffeisen Bank supports its clients’ cross-border trade aimed to import essential goods and services to Ukraine.

The parties highlighted the importance of the recent first-ever paid in Ukraine financial incentive to the bank’s client under the existing RSF to facilitate the smart agriculture investment, demonstrating international support for Ukrainian businesses and projects contributing to the country’s sustainable reconstruction.

Raiffeisen Bank will continue strengthening its cooperation with IFC, expanding access to long-term financing and solutions that foster economic development and advance Ukraine’s recovery.