Ownership structure
The Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group
The Raiffeisen regional banks represent the central pillar (second tier) of the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group’s three-tier organisational structure. The principal shareholders of each Raiffeisen regional bank are the Raiffeisen banks located in each federal province of Austria. The nine Raiffeisen regional banks (including Zveza Bank) are the principal shareholders of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, the core institution of Raiffeisen Banking Group.
The federal provinces of Lower Austria and Vienna share a single Raiffeisen regional bank. Carinthia, on the other hand, has two regional banks now that the Slovenian population group has established its own regional bank, Zveza Bank, which is the core institution of the Slovenian cooperative banks.
The federal provinces of Lower Austria and Vienna share a single Raiffeisen regional bank. Carinthia, on the other hand, has two regional banks now that the Slovenian population group has established its own regional bank, Zveza Bank, which is the core institution of the Slovenian cooperative banks.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank
Founded in 1927, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) is the head of the Raiffeisen Banking Group Austria and acts as group centre for the entire RZB Group, including Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI). RZB functions as the key link between the Raiffeisen banking group in Austria and RBI, with its banking network in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
RBI – the RZB Group’s most important holding
The listed company RBI was created in 2010 by merging the key business areas of RZB with Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG. With this merger, RBI’s position as one of the leading universal banks in the region has been reinforced, thanks to Raiffeisen International’s broad-based sales network in CEE and the comprehensive range of products of RZB. Along with Austria, RBI also views CEE as its home market. Focusing on commercial and investment banking in Austria, it serves the country’s top 1,000 companies, as a corporate finance bank for this customer group and a leading provider of export financing.
RBI is the Austrian bank with the strongest presence in Asia, thanks to branch offices in Singapore, Beijing and Xiamen, as well as representative offices in Harbin, Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Seoul, Mumbai and Ho Chi Minh City. RBI is also well positioned in the major international financial centres, with offices in New York and London, a bank in Malta and representative offices in Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm, Chicago and Houston.