By Alexandra Jocham, RBI | In the months of January and February, we are strongly focusing on the topic of “innovation” and would like to introduce you to seven women from CEE who stand out for their innovations in today’s post. Have fun clicking through and feel free to submit more women you think would […]
By Benedikta Schlange, RBI | Christmas is approaching and the preparations for the festivities are already underway. We looked at what interesting Christmas traditions there are in CEE. Let us put you in the mood for a merry Christmas right now. Albania Christmas Eve is called “Nata e Krishtit” in Albanian. At Nata e Krishtit […]
By Ilya Schirov, Raiffeisenbank in Russia Raiffeisenbank Russia has a long tradition of communicating digitally with its customers and has identified the chat as one of the preferred customer channels. Ilya Schirov, responsible for remote customer interaction at Raiffeisenbank ZAO in Russia, describes how banks and customers both can benefit from this form of communication. […]
By Anastasia Stepina, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | We live in a time where traditional media by no means is our single source of information. The influence of blogs can not be denied and especially channels like YouTube can reach significant resonance in a user group or a society as a whole. Often, specific single bloggers […]
By Gunter Deuber and Ruslan Gadeev, RBI Vienna | The times of more radical changes and upheavals in the Russian banking sector seem to be over for now. Following years of more subdued profitability (from 2014-17) the Return on Equity (RoE) rebounded nicely in 2018 – a trend that continued in 2019. We also see […]
By Angelina Krutova, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | The Russian fintech market has been growing significantly for the past two years in terms of both the number of deals and the volume of investment. The market has several particularities: Russia is a leading global supplier of IT specialists and some areas such as P2P lending, crowd […]
By Marie Mesropyan, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Big business is still experiencing a shortage of digital banking services. Leaders of the financial industry are actively trying to solve the problem Digital banking infrastructure for business in Russia, especially for large and medium businesses, still lags behind the mass retail segment, experts say. “In general, development […]
By Anna Gorshkova, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Prior to moving to Moscow in January 2016, Roland Wass, Head of Risk and Credit Management at Raiffeisenbank Russia, spent 13 years in Belgrade working for Raiffeisenbank Serbia. He spoke to Discover CEE about the challenges of moving to a new country, cultural and professional differences between Austrians […]
By Stanislav Murashov, Raiffeisenbank in Russia, and Andreas Schwabe, RBI | An oil price shock and the introduction of economic and financial sanctions led to a strong devaluation of the rouble and a recession in 2014-15. Since then, however, Russia has clearly regained financial strength. This is expressed in a surplus on both the current […]
By Aleksandra Shevchuk, Raiffeisenbank in Russia | Russia is not just big. It is huge. And it’s not just Moscow and St. Petersburg that are worth visiting. We take a look at some of the other beautiful places the country offers. Kaliningrad and the Curonian Spit Kaliningrad is a city with a Russian soul and […]
In October, the Discover CEE spotlight is on Russia! Watch out for several blog posts on Russia’s business, culture and success stories. Today, we have the most interesting economic data and cultural facts about Russia at a glance for you. The fact sheet is also downloadable in print version. Click here to print the […]
by Bastian Kellhofer, Trending Topics| „In Russia, it is the banks themselves and the central bank that make most innovations possible in all relevant areas: KYC, Payments, RegTech, Blockchain and Open Banking. The central bank is very flexible and is prepared to adapt regulatory limits quickly if necessary. That happened a lot lately.“ Evgenia Ovchinnikova, […]