Talk:Raiffeisen Zentralbank
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[edit] Some facts
All Raiffeisen banks employ over 50 000 people in Austria. Therefore, they are Austrian's biggest employer.
Although there are nearly 570 single banks, they are all named "Raiffeisen" and have - at least in the same state - the same corporate identity and advertisements. Many people even in Austria believe the Raiffeisen bank is one big company which is simply not true.
The Raiffeisenbanks are the biggest bank in Austria, nearly every second Austrian is customer at a Raiffeisen.
Raiffeisenbanks exist in Austria (very dominating), Switzerland (I think also one of the market leaders) and Germany. In Germany they are called "Raiffeisen-Volksbanken-Gruppe". The Volksbanks have a similiar system like the Raiffeisenbanks and they are cooperating. Many Raiffeisenbanks can be found in Bavaria.
The Raiffeisenbanks are well known for their contacts and ownerships in the agrar-sector. They own firms like Lagerhaus (in Austria - building center like store) and BayWa (in Germany, like Lagerhaus), cattle exchanges and other firms for helping the farmers and the people living at the countryside.
There are only 8! Landesbanken in Austria, that in Vienna is for Lower Austria too - Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich/Wien. —Preceding unsigned comment added by .tom (talk • contribs)
8 Landesbanks is not fully true. The province of Carinthia has 2 organisations, one of which is a very small one covering Raiffeisenbanks domiciled in villages which are predomionantly of slowene language. Technically, as a central institute of local banks and a direct shareholder of Raiffeisen Zentralbank it is to be considered a ninth "Landesbank" (name in slowne language: Zveza). Your employment figure for Austrian Raiffeisenbanks is not accurate and probably includes rural cooperatives and other industrial participations.
