The RBI launches FINTECH accelerator Lab Elevator
Vienna. June 2. – 1 June 2017 Johann Strobl, the Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen Bank international AG (RBI), has launched a new program FINTECH accelerator called “Elevator Lab” at the time of the festival founders and technology Pioneers ' 17 at the Imperial Palace in Vienna.
“With Elevator Lab we search for Austrian and international FINTECH start-UPS, especially from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which have already demonstrated activity in the market with their first products and services and have adequate funding. Our goal is long-term cooperation for the sake of expanding their own portfolio of products and services. Having years of experience, we support startups with the aim of further development of their ideas and innovations. As a partner and through pilot projects we offer them access to our know-how and our network in CEE, covering 16.6 million customers», – said Mr. Strobl the goal of creating a FINTECH accelerator.
“We are looking for FINTECH startups that provide solutions in the areas of banking for SMEs, Analytics, big data RegTech, payments and transactions, the establishment of offices of the future, as well as technology investments and trading operations. The startups that will be released in the final round will be 4 months for further processing of their concepts and ideas in cooperation with experts from the RBI. The budget for the implementation of this stage of approval of the concept as a whole will reach up to 200 thousand euros», – adds Michael Kellerer (Michael Hoellerer), Plenipotentiary representative of the RBI, which, among other things, is responsible for the strategy Djilas RBI Group.
the application Period via the official website www.elevator-lab.com until 31 July 2017.
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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. In 14 markets in this 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, more than 50 thousand employees serve 16.6 million customers in 2.5 thousand branches, most of which are located in Central and Eastern Europe.
RBI's Shares are listed on the Vienna stock exchange. the Regional Raiffeisen banks have almost 58.8 percent of the shares. The rest of the shares are in free float. Within the Raiffeisen banking Group (Raiffeisen Banking Group RBG) RBI is the Central institution of the regional Raiffeisen banks and other affiliated credit institutions and provides important services within their authority.
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