Raiffeisenbank Beograd
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Raiffeisenbank Beograd (fullname: Raiffeisenbank a.d. Beograd) is the Serbian arm of Austria-based Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB), member of Raiffeisen Banking Group.
Though it obtained the operating licence in March 2001, and fully operated since July 2001, the bank officially opened on October 12, 2001 during the Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel's state visit to Belgrade. Its original name was Raiffeisenbank Jugoslavija a.d.
With a founding capital of €10 million (99% of it belonging to RZB and 1% to Austrian Uniqa Beteiligungs Holding GmbH - insurance company), it became the first 100% foreign-owned bank in then-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Starting from Belgrade, the bank gradually expanded its network all over Serbia.
During 2004 the name was changed to Raiffeisenbank a.d. Beograd.
Presently, bank mantains a total of 60 branches throughout Serbia - 23 in Belgrade, 4 in Novi Sad, 3 in Čačak, 2 in Kragujevac, and Niš each, as well as a single branch in each of the following cities: Stara Pazova, Vršac, Požarevac, Smederevo, Pančevo, Subotica, Kikinda, Sombor, Zrenjanin, Inđija, Vrbas, Bačka Palanka, Šabac, Valjevo, Sremska Mitrovica, Loznica, Novi Pazar, Gornji Milanovac, Užice, Kraljevo, Kruševac, Jagodina, Aranđelovac, Vranje, Pirot, and Leskovac.
