By Gunter Deuber, RBI | Current data for the CEE banking markets confirm a clear (positive) correlation between market penetration via conventional banking products and digital channels. From a regional perspective (i.e. within the subregions of Central Europe, Southeastern Europe and Eastern Europe), the Czech Republic, Croatia and Belarus are the respective markets with the […]
Veronika Novakova, Raiffeisenbank Czech Republic | Alza.cz, the largest online retailer and recognized market leader in online sales in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has recently opened its branch in Austria. Its main objective is to address customers with high quality goods and a wide range of services. We asked commercial manager Petr Bena in which […]
By Veronika Novakova | Raiffeisenbank a.s. Daniela Komatović is a graphic designer, painter, photographer and, above all, designer of jewellery. She was born in Prague, where she studied graphic design. In January 2015, she launched her own line of fine art jewellery, which in a short period of time has become a well-recognized and successful brand. Luxurious, […]
Enjoy watching a short summary of this year’s CEE Banking Sector Report by Gunter Deuber.
by Marlene Schloffer | RBI Recently, we published this interview with Petra Stolba, CEO of the Austrian National Tourist Office. In the second part of our series on Austria as a tourist destination, Petra Stolba talks about the cliché of the Alpine country, the boundaries between work and leisure, her personal holiday preferences and how […]
by Marlene Schloffer | RBI Why do people go on holiday? And why do they choose Austria as a holiday destination? Petra Stolba, CEO of the Austrian National Tourist Office, knows that many people are looking for a purpose while getting out of the hamster wheel. In this interview she speaks about the tourism industry’s […]
by Marlene Schloffer, RBI | Recently, we published this interview with ABA – Invest in Austria CEO René Siegl. He told us that there is “a significant increase in the number of companies from CEE that successfully bring their marketable products to Western Europe”. In a follow-up interview Discover CEE spoke to Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser, ABA […]
by Patricia Lang-Schönberger, RBI | ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA is the internationalisation and innovation agency of the Austrian economy. It provides support in all matters relating to foreign business: export, import, foreign investments, country information and international industry developments. Michael Otter, Head of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, talks about the good relations between Austria and CEE. How many inquiries […]
The Easter holidays are coming up, and many people in Austria and the rest of the world are preparing to celebrate the most important Christian holiday, the resurrection of Jesus, in the traditional way. That means, in Austria, among a lot of other local customs, coloring eggs, baking cakes in the form of lambs, decorating […]
by Gunter Deuber, RBI | “2017 has seen the strongest growth in Central Europe (CE)* and Southeastern Europe (SEE) since the global financial crisis,” explains Gunter Deuber, analyst at RBI. According to his estimation, regional economies are benefiting from solid private consumption and a rebound in investments driven by higher EU transfers and increasingly tight […]
On their website they say they are obsessed with finding answers: Gauss Algorithmic, one of the fintechs participating in RBI’s accelerator programme Elevator Lab support companies to expose and exploit the wealth hidden in data for their further development. They specialise in Big Data. We talked to Johnson Darkwah, one of Gauss Algorithmic’s Big Data […]
Helena Horska, Chief Analyst at Raiffeisenbank in Czech Republic and Gunter Deuber, Head of Economics/Fixed Income/FX Research at RBI in Vienna about their view on the current and future Czech monetary policy and lessons to be learned from the CZKexit. Czech monetary policy: Looking for a smooth and soft landing Over the last 12 […]
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