Press Releases

RBI launches corporate venture capital company "Elevator Ventures” * Investment capital of € 25 million to close capital gap in the market * Focus on strategic direct investments in selected fintechs, co-investments and investments in VC funds

Net interest income increases 4.0 per cent year-on-year to € 829 million (Q1/2017: € 797 million) * Operating income increases 3.0 per cent to € 1,291 million (Q1/2017: € 1,253 million) * General administrative expenses decrease 0.7 per cent to € 740 million (Q1/2017: € 745 million) * Positive development in impairment losses on financial assets: € 83 million (Q1/2017: minus 82 million) * Profit before tax increases 60.3 per cent to € 529 million (Q1/2017: € 330 million) * Profit after tax increases 68.7 per cent to € 430 million (Q1/2017: € 255 million) * Consolidated profit increases 81.4 per cent to € 399 million (Q1/2017: € 220 million)

Johann Strobl (CEO), Martin Gruell (CFO) and Hannes Moesenbacher (CRO) present the first quarter results in English

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From 1 May until 24 June, fintechs from all over the world can apply for the second round of "Elevator Lab", the fintech accelerator program of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

Raiffeisen Bank International announced today to be the first Austrian bank to join the Blockchain Research Institute, a global think-tank that guides its more than 55 members in achieving success in blockchain-related projects in the areas of financial services, manufacturing, retail, energy and resources, technology and media, healthcare as well as government.

Please find here the ad-hoc release regarding RBI's subsidiary in Poland.

Johann Strobl (CEO), Martin Gruell (CFO) and Hannes Moesenbacher (CRO) will give you an update on Poland and Russia

Representatives of Vienna based Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) participate in the state visit of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria to China from 7 to 12 April.

Eight CEE network banks support RBI’s group-wide fintech accelerator program with local “Elevator Lab Challenges“ * Group-wide “Elevator Lab“ starts second round on 1 May, 2018

RBI won prestigious regional award for the twelfth time in the last 15 years * Raiffeisen also "Best Bank" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine

Johann Strobl (CEO), Martin Gruell (CFO) and Hannes Moesenbacher (CRO) present the full year results in English.

Net interest income increases 0.3 per cent year-on-year to € 3,208 million (2016: € 3,197 million) * Operating income increases 2.3 per cent to € 5,228 million (2016: € 5,112 million) * General administrative expenses decrease 1.2 per cent to € 3,104 million (2016: € 3,141 million) * Net provisioning for impairment losses decreases 62.1 per cent to € 287 million (2016: € 758 million) * Profit before tax increases 70.4 per cent to € 1,612 million (2016: € 946 million) * Profit after tax increases 95.8 per cent to € 1,246 million (2016: € 636 million)

As of 1 March 2018, Paul Pasquali will head the newly established division „Group Governmental and Public Affairs“ at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). The 37-year-old lawyer has significant international experience due to his work for Raiffeisen in Brussels, where he heads the EU Liaison Office, and the RBI Management Secretariat.

Cooperation with the participants will be continued * Elevator Lab starts second round on 1 May 2018 * Seven RBI network banks start regional “Elevator Lab Challenges”

Consolidated profit of EUR 1,116 million more than doubled compared to last year (2016 pro forma: EUR 520 million) * Pre-dividend common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio (fully loaded) of 13.0% (2016 pro forma: 12.4%) * Favorable development of risk costs reflecting positive market environment * Decline of NPL ratio to 5.7% (2016 pro forma: 8.7%) due to low NPL inflows, NPL sales and NPL write-downs * Increase of customer loans of around 2% despite strengthening EUR * Net interest margin stable at 2.48% despite ongoing low interest rate levels * Outlook and proposed dividend will be published with the annual report on 14 March 2018

Today, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) placed EUR 500 million of perpetual additional tier 1 capital (AT1).

The Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) today appointed Lukasz Januszewski (39) to RBI's Management Board.