The RBI has received the award, EMEA Finance "Best Bank in CEE & CIS"
Vienna. April 29.
· Raiffeisen has received 14 awards from the renowned British financial magazine.
· RZB won the title of "Best Bank" in Austria, RBI – “Best investment Bank” in Austria.
· Raiffeisen Banks in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Slovakia received awards in their countries.
EMEA Finance – the renowned British financial magazine specializing in the coverage of the financial industry in Europe, Africa and the middle East – said the Raiffeisen Group 14 awards by results of competition of Europe Banking Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Vienna yesterday night.
Raiffeisen Bank international AG (RBI), the parent of Raiffeisen Bank Aval, has received a regional award for excellence for Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, in particular, for a wide range of products and services for private and corporate clients throughout the region. RBI has also been awarded as “Best investment Bank in Austria", and Raiffeisen Zentralbank österreich AG (RZB), the Central institution of the Austrian Raiffeisen banking Group and major shareholder of the BANK, received the title of “Best Bank in Austria’.
“These awards are a recognition of the RBI's ability to continually provide 14.9 million customers in CEE and the CIS-to-date services and products. They also reflect the continued focus of the RBI Group on the region and its successful operation”, commented the Chairman of the Board RBI Carl Sevelda.
in addition to the main institutions of the Raiffeisen Group – RZB and RBI, awards "Best Bank" in their home countries has also received the network banks in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Serbia and Slovakia, and Group banks in Albania, Romania and Russia is marked as the “Best foreign Bank”. In addition, RBI was recognized as the “Best investment Bank” in Romania, a Group company Tatra Asset Management – “Best company asset management” in Slovakia.
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Raiffeisen Bank international AG (RBI) regards both Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment Bank, and Central and Eastern Europe as its home market. 15 markets of the region are covered by subsidiary banks. In addition, the Group includes a number of companies that offer other financial services, for example, in the fields of leasing, asset management, purchasing and acquisitions.
in General, almost 51 500 employees service 14.9 million clients in approximately 2,700 branches, most of which are located in Central and Eastern Europe.
RBI — a fully-consolidated subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank österreich AG (RZB). RZB indirectly owns around 60.7 per cent of the ordinary shares, the remainder of the shares are in free float. RBI's shares are listed on the Vienna stock exchange. RZB is the Central Bank of the largest Austrian Raiffeisen banking Group and serves as the head office of the entire RZB Group, including RBI.
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