By Patricia Lang-Schönberger, RBI | During times where the Corona situation is ever so present – and new corona cases are steadily increasing again – you might not want to travel abroad but rather stay at home and enjoy the beauty of your own home country. Together with our colleagues from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania and […]
By Patricia Lang-Schönberger, RBI | Are you interested in the topic of cyber security? We are. Very much so. “When it comes to information security, the financial sector can be considered as one of the most mature industries in the market. Security concepts have always been part of banks in the form of organizational and […]
By Jelena Lapčević, Raiffeisen banka in Serbia | As in all markets, banks in Serbia are joining the race to introduce innovations: Who will be the first to implement some cutting-edge feature in banking business? Who will be the first to offer an innovative service or product? Raiffeisen banka in Serbia has always been among […]
By Ljiljana Grubic, Raiffeisen banka in Serbia, and Lydia Kranner, RBI | Historically, China has never been an important partner of the CEE region. Trade and FDI data show that the EU, especially Germany, plays the dominant role. This holds true for Serbia as well. However, the economic and geopolitical rise of China, the deterioration […]
By Nemanja Naunović, Raiffeisen banka in Serbia | Sport plays an important role in Serbia, with football and basketball being the most popular. There is even a funny expression: “every Serb is a national team head coach”, be it football basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball or any other sport in which the nation has had […]
By Ljiljana Grubic, Raiffeisen banka in Serbia and Oliver Marx, RBI | Despite an economic slowdown in the euro area, the Serbian economy delivered its highest growth rate in a decade in 2018. The strong GDP growth rate of 4.3 percent in 2018 (still estimated) was mainly driven by public sector investments and personal consumption. […]
By Jelena Lapčević, Raiffeisen banka in Serbia | As in all markets, banks in Serbia are joining the race to introduce innovations: Who will be the first to implement some cutting-edge feature in banking business? Who will be the first to offer an innovative service or product? Raiffeisen banka in Serbia has always been among […]
By Zoran Petrović, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Serbia | When it comes to digital banking, records of Raiffeisen Bank in Serbia showed an interesting twist at the end of last year when it became clear that the number of active mobile banking users surpassed the number of electronic banking users. For Raiffeisen, a bank keen […]
In June, the Discover CEE spotlight is on Serbia! Watch out for several blog posts on Serbian business, culture and success stories. Today, we have the most interesting economic data and cultural facts about Serbia at a glance for you. The fact sheet is also downloadable in print version. Click here to print the fact […]
By Andreas Ecker, RBI| Snail farmer and manufacturer Gugumuck aims at a future-oriented urban agriculture Ten years ago Andreas Gugumuck started breeding escargots on the vegetable field of his family’s farm. Today, his Viennese Escargots, the “Wiener Schnecken”, are a well-established culinary brand served in Austria’s top restaurants and his “Future Farm” in the South […]
1. Strawberry tree The strawberry tree is the world’s first public solar charger for mobile devices. It was developed in 2011 by Milos Milisavljevic, the founder of the Strawberry Energy company, during his studies at the University of Belgrade. It contains 16 chargers for a variety of mobile phones and tablets as well as its […]
By Zoran Petrovic | CEO of Raiffeisen banka in Serbia In politics, as in life, you need to have anchors. For Serbia, this anchor is the EU accession path. On this path to reach the EU, by complying to the mandatory accession standards (political, economic, reform), Serbia is transforming itself into a modern society for […]
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