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Awards
Our commitment to customer satisfaction and our employees’ expertise once again
earned us a number of awards in 2017. By way of example, here are our awards
from four internationally renowned financial journals: “EMEA Finance”, “Euromoney”,
“Global Finance” and “The Banker”.
For instance, the “Financial Times” journal “The Banker”, “Global Finance” and “EMEA Finance”
named RBI “Bank of the Year in CEE” and “Best Bank in CEE”. For the seventh time in a row, RBI
was recognized by “EMEA Finance” for the “Best Cash Management Services in CEE”. A
number of subsidiary banks were rated as “Best Bank” or “Bank of the Year” for their respective
countries in Albania (EMEA Finance: “Best foreign bank”), Belarus (Euromoney, The Banker,
EMEA Finance: “Best foreign bank”), Bosnia and Herzegovina (EMEA Finance, Euromoney,
Global Finance), Bulgaria (The Banker), Kosovo (EMEA Finance), Romania (EMEA Finance:
“Best foreign bank”, Global Finance, The Banker: “Best private bank”), Poland (The Banker:
“Best private bank”), Russia (EMEA Finance: “Best foreign bank”), Serbia (EMEA Finance,
Euromoney), Slovakia (EMEA Finance, Euromoney), the Czech Republic (EMEA Finance:
“Best private bank”), Ukraine (EMEA Finance, Euromoney) and Hungary (EMEA Finance).
Global Finance also recognized RBI as the “Best Bank for Working Capital Optimization
in CEE” and The Banker ranked it as the “Best Transaction Bank in CEE”. The Slovakian RBI
subsidiary Tatra banka was selected by Global Finance as “Best Consumer Digital Bank in
CEE” as well as for “Best Web Site Design in CEE”, by Euromoney as “Best Digital Bank in CEE”
and by EMEA Finance as “Most innovative bank in CEE & CIS” as well as for the “Best product
launch in CEE & CIS”. EMEA Finance and Euromoney named RBI the “Best investment bank” in
Austria. A series of awards from EMEA Finance for RBI’s investment banking services and
transactions complete the picture, including the awards for “Best securitization deal in Europe”,
“Best promissory note loan”, and “Best sovereign bond in CEE”.
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In 2017, Raiffeisen in Austria was once again the most successful banking group in terms of customer shares, both
in the private customer as well as in the corporate customer segment. Regionality, security and sustainability have
been among the guiding principles of the Raiffeisen Banking Group since it was founded. These principles have
a special meaning during economically challenging times especially. Security and trust are the most important
criteria when choosing a bank. With a value of € 1.87 billion, the Raiffeisen brand ranked sixth among all brands
according to the Austrian brand value survey carried out in 2017 by the European Brand Institute. Raiffeisen is
the undisputed number one in the Austrian financial services industry.
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