Press Releases

30.11.2018 - The Banker named RBI "Bank of the Year in Central and Eastern Europe"

• Financial Times magazine honored RBI for the eleventh time with this marquee award. * RBI and its subsidiaries also won the “Bank of the Year” awards for Austria, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Ukraine.

14.11.2018 - Webcast Conference Call Q3 2018 Results

Johann Strobl (CEO), Martin Gruell (CFO) and Hannes Moesenbacher (CRO) present the Q3 results in English

14.11.2018 - RBI posts consolidated profit of € 1,173 million in the first three quarters of 2018

Net interest income increases 4.6 per cent year-on-year to € 2,519 million (1-9/2017: € 2,407 million) * Operating income increases 4.8 per cent to € 4,003 million (1-9/2017: € 3,821 million) * General administrative expenses stable at € 2,228 million (1-9/2017: € 2,213 million) * Strong positive development in impairment losses on financial assets: € 56 million (1-9/2017: minus 191 million) * Profit before tax increases 22.0 per cent to € 1,587 million (1-9/2017: € 1,301 million) * Profit after tax increases 25.7 per cent to € 1,271 million (1-9/2017: € 1,012 million) * Consolidated profit increases 28.9 per cent to € 1,173 million (1-9/2017: € 910 million)

31.10.2018 - Sale of the core banking operations of RBI subsidiary Raiffeisen Bank Polska closed

The sale of the core banking operations of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A., agreed upon in April this year, by way of demerger to Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A., a subsidiary of BNP Paribas S.A., was successfully closed today upon receipt of regulatory approval.

04.10.2018 - Elevator Lab: RBI selects eight participants

cambrist * CityFALCON * CopSonic * FINABRO * limitless * PayKey * Pisano * SESAMm

29.08.2018 - RBI and vc trade increase transparency in the Schuldschein market

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) cooperates with the fully integrated digital issuing platform vc trade in the area of capital market financing.

09.08.2018 - Webcast Conference Call H1 2018 Results

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

09.08.2018 - Half Year 2018: RBI posts consolidated profit of € 756 million

Net interest income increases 4.4 per cent year-on-year to € 1,663 million (HY/2017: € 1,593 million) * Operating income increases 4.7 per cent to € 2,669 million (HY/2017: € 2.551 million) * General administrative expenses decrease 0.6 per cent to € 1,494 million (HY/2017: € 1,503 million) * Strong positive development in impairment losses on financial assets: € 83 million (HY/2017: minus 100 million) * Profit before tax increases 20.7 per cent to € 1,024 million (HY/2017: € 849 million) * Profit after tax increases 25.0 per cent to € 820 million (HY/2017: € 656 million) * Consolidated profit increases 28.7 per cent to € 756 million (HY/2017: € 587 million)

12.07.2018 - Euromoney Awards for Excellence: RBI honored for best bank transformation world-wide

Renowned financial magazine Euromoney awarded RBI for its successful transformation program * Subsidiaries in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine were selected as "Best Bank" in their countries

04.07.2018 -Elevator Lab: 407 applications for the second batch of RBI’s fintech partnership program

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) has received 407 applications for the second batch of “Elevator Lab”, RBI’s fintech partnership program.

28.06.2018 - RBI issues Green Bond

First benchmark issue by an Austrian bank

22.06.2018 - SEE Link and RBI to enter into strategic partnership

RBI’s Group Securities Services Operations Center to act as post-trade infrastructure for trading on SEE Link

21.06.2018 - RBI: Annual General Meeting approves dividend of € 0.62 per share

Today, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI), shareholders approved all resolutions proposed under the individual agenda items.

20.06.2018 - EMEA Finance: RBI is “Best bank in CEE & CIS“

Altogether 27 awards for the RBI Group in EMEA Finance’s “Europe Banking Awards” * All of RBI’s subsidiary banks in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) decorated * “Best bank”, “Best foreign bank”, ”Best investment bank” and “Best private bank” in 15 countries

14.06.2018 - CEE Banking Sector Report

* Upside materializes, upbeat 2018 outlook
* Current banking trends in CEE including market shares & foreign-owned banks, exit of Greek-owned banks in SEE
* Special focus on the development of digital banking in CEE
*General regulation update
* Market players in CEE & foreign-owned banks in Russia
* Key CEE banking sector data
* Banking market and data update for all CEE countries

13.06.2018 - RBl and kompany sign contract for next-generation business KYC solution

Contract covers the development and implementation of a group-wide business KYC solution * Customers benefit from a fully compliant, lean and efficient KYC process * Further milestone in RBI’s fintech partnership program Elevator Lab

17.05.2018 - The next step: Elevator Ventures

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

15.05.2018 - Webcast Conference Call Q1/2018 Results

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

15.05.2018 - RBI reports consolidated profit of € 399 million for the first quarter of 2018

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)

03.05.2018 - RBI launches video identification via smartphone

Fast, secure and free customer identification * First use throughout Europe in the area of corporate customers and financial institutions

30.04.2018 - APPLY NOW: "Elevator Lab" starts second round

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).

24.04.2018 - RBI first Austrian bank to join the Blockchain Research Institute

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.

11.04.2018 - Webcast conference call on current developments

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

10.04.2018 - RBI agrees to sell Polish subsidiary’s core banking operations to BGZ BNP

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

09.04.2018 - RBI signs cooperation agreements during state visit to People’s Republic of China

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.

03.04.2018 - Elevator Lab Challenges: the CEE region’s largest fintech acceleration program starts

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

28.03.2018 - Global Finance: RBI is "Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe"

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

14.03.2018 - Webcast Conference Call Full Year 2017 Results

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

14.03.2018 - 2017: RBI posts consolidated profit of € 1,116 million

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)

28.02.2018 - RBI appoints Paul Pasquali as Head of „Group Governmental and Public Affairs“

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.

23.02.2018 - Elevator Lab: RBI presents successful pilot projects and announces second round in 2018

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”

07.02.2018 - RBI: Preliminary results 2017

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

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