From Brown to Green: Climate Change in Central & Eastern Europe

Sep 16, 2021 | Business

By Peter Öhlinger, RBI | From politicians to central banks to private individuals – climate change is on everyone’s lips. However, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) usually do not receive too much attention. We try to fill this gap by taking a closer look at...

Cheers! 7 facts about beer in CEE

Aug 19, 2021 | Culture, Trends

By Jörg Bayer, RBI | What could be a better companion for warm summer nights than a nice, cold beer? Beer is a very popular drink with a partly long tradition in CEE. Some of the best-known breweries are located there. For us, this was a good reason to do some...

Modest CEE crisis hit – fortune, politics or what else?

Mar 3, 2021 | Economics

By Gunter Deuber, RBI Vienna, and Nicolae Covrig, Raiffeisen Bank in Romania | Gunter Deuber Nicolae Covrig All of our core markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – with the possible exception of Croatia, which is also an internationally prominent tourism...

Get to know four of the most promising fintechs – part 2

Feb 26, 2021 | Business, Trends

By Katja Fiedler, RBI| Welcome to the second part of our two-part series, in which we present interesting fintechs. Today, we are having a look at Zentity and iFactor. Like the two fintechs Synerise and FinLync, which we presented last week, Zentity and iFactor are...

Get to know four of the most promising fintechs – part 1

Feb 19, 2021 | Business, Trends

By Katja Fiedler, RBI| Welcome to our two-part series, in which we present interesting fintechs. Today we start with the first two Synerise and FinLync. All four fintechs we present here, cover one of the following focus areas with their business models: advanced...