2007 – double anniversary for Raiffeisen Bank
RAIFFEISEN BANK S.A. - 25 Septembrie 2007
Bucharest, 25.09.2007 – The year 2007 represents a double anniversary for Raiffeisen Bank – 5 years from the merger of Raiffeisenbank and Banca Agricola and 10 years from starting its operations on the Romanian market.
„We are among the leading banks in Romania and Romania is one of the key markets for our group. We achieved a lot in this ten years and we continue to take to necessary measures to underpin our excellent position in Romania also in the future” stated Herbert Stepic, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank SA and CEO of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG. „In my opinion, the Raiffeisen team represents an excellent mix of skills. We have colleagues that have been working in the bank for more than 10 years, that bring wisdom and experience to the team. We also have colleagues that joined the team about five years ago, right before the merger, in a very challenging moment. Not to forget our new colleagues, that came with new ideas and freshness” stated Steven van Groningen, President and CEO of Raiffeisen Bank.
The anniversary is not only an occasion to look back, but to define new objectives for the future. „We have a clear mid-term strategy with objectives correlating with the market conditions. We will aim at improving our market share and profitability and decreasing our cost/income ratio” stated Steven van Groningen.
24th of September represents the start of the external and internal communication campaign for Raiffeisen Bank, under the slogan: „We succeed together”. „I consider that our new slogan expresses clearly what we want to be: a cooperating team that interacts in favour of our clients’ comfort in finding the best financial solution and a partnership within Raiffeisen Bank. The essence of Raiffeisen Bank is the team spirit” highlighted Steven van Groningen.
The campaign debuted internally with a series of conferences and seminars for employees, so that Raiffeisen team be better and better. At the same time, the Bank will launch an external image campaign, a sequence of advertisings, posters and leaflets, that illustrate the day-to-day activity of clients from different sectors of activity. The common element of this campaign is suggesting an invisible partner, that helps you succeed easier and better, brings success closer to you, this is Raiffeisen Bank. You can see the first advertising on our Internet page www.raiffeisen.ro
Raiffeisen Bank is the third largest bank on the Romanian banking system, with total assets that exceed EUR 4 billion. At 30 June 2007, the Bank registered a net profit of EUR 47.2 million (according to IFRS), almost three times higher than in the corresponding period of last year.
At present, the Bank has more than 2 million retail clients (out of which 125,000 SMEs) and more than 4,700 large and medium-sized corporations. Raiffeisen Bank has a network of almost 370 business units and approximately 5,600 employees.
Raiffeisen Bank also provides its customers with different channels to access the Bank’s products and services, offering its customers the most convenient and fastest working method with the Bank. Raiffeisen Direct (telephone banking), myBanking (mobile banking), Raiffeisen Online (internet banking for individuals). Raiffeisen Bank has an extended network of 866 ATMs and over 6,800 EPOS.
For further information, please contact Anca Hasegan, tel: (021) 3061621, e-mail anca.hasegan@rzb.ro
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