Raiffeisen Bank International History

The raiffeisen group banks dates back to mid 19th century when the first co operatives and loan societies appeared in order to support farmers at a time of famine and economic breakdown.

Raiffeisen bank international history. Raiffeisen bank international a g. Friedrich wilhelm raiffeisen and the credit cooperative. Rbi came to kosovo by the end of 2002 by purchasing most of the shares of the american bank of kosovo to complete the purchase and rename the bank in june 2003. Raiffeisen zentralbank österreich a g.

Raiffeisen bank kosovo is a subsidiary of raiffeisen bank international ag rbi. It functions as the group centre for the entire rzb group of which the listed company raiffeisen bank international ag rbi with its banking network in central and eastern europe cee is the. Rbi is based in vienna austria. Raiffeisen bank international ag operates as a corporate and investment bank.

This cooperative foundation and the cooperative philosophy have remained our guiding principles throughout our history. Rbi and the raiffeisen brand. In its current form it was founded in 2017 after the merger with its parent company rzb group raiffeisen zentralbank österreich. 17 markets are covered with subsidiary banks leasing companies and representative offices.

For more than 130 years now the raiffeisen brand has been standing for values such as trust fairness security and stability. The central bank was merged with its subsidiary raiffeisen bank international in 2017. The coöperatieve centrale raiffeisen bank in utrecht 1898 1972. The bank offers corporate structured and trade financing investment banking factoring lease financing and payment.

13 markets of the region are covered by subsidiary banks. At a glance raiffeisen bank international ag rbi regards austria where it is a leading corporate and investment bank as well as central and eastern europe cee as its home market. The history of the brand however can be traced back to 1927 and even earlier. At the end of february 2010 rzb ceo walter rothensteiner.

In june 2003 rbi became the owner of 100 of shares and named the bank raiffeisen bank kosovo. History history of raiffeisen group. As of end 2010 rbi served more than 14 million customers via roughly 3 000 branch offices. A subsidiary of raiffeisen zentralbank österreich raiffeisen bank international operates a banking network in central and eastern europe.

Keep on reading for facts figures our history press releases information on our network innovation sustainability and much more. Was the central institution of the raiffeisen banking group austria rbg.