Raiffeisenbank Beograd is the Serbia

Serbia

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n arm of Austria

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-based Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB), member of Raiffeisen Banking Group.

Though it obtained the operating licence in March 2001, and fully operated since July 2001, the bank officially opened on October 12, 2001 during the Austrian chancellor

Chancellor of Austria

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 Wolfgang Schüssel

Wolfgang Schüssel

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's state visit to Belgrade

Belgrade

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. Its original name was Raiffeisenbank Jugoslavija a.d.

With a founding capital of €

Euro

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10 million (99% of it belonging to RZB and 1% to Austrian Uniqa Beteiligungs Holding GmbH - insurance company), it became the first 100% foreign-owned bank in then-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Starting from Belgrade, the bank gradually expanded its network all over Serbia

Serbia

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.

In late February 2009, the bank posted a profit of €78 million for the 2008 calendar year.

During 2004 the name was changed to Raiffeisenbank a.d. Beograd.

As of 2009, bank maintains a total of 102 branches throughout Serbia - 50 in Belgrade, 6 in Novi Sad

Novi Sad

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, 4 in Niš

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, 3 in Čačak

Cacak

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, 2 in Kragujevac

Kragujevac

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, and 2 in Temerin

Temerin

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, as well as a single branch in each of the following cities: Bor

Bor, Serbia

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, Zaječar

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, Stara Pazova

Stara Pazova

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, Vršac

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, Požarevac

Požarevac

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, Smederevo

Smederevo

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, Smederevska Palanka

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, Pančevo

Pancevo

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, Lazarevac

Lazarevac

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, Obrenovac

Obrenovac

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, Mladenovac

Mladenovac

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, Subotica

Subotica

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, Kikinda

Kikinda

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, Sombor

Sombor

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, Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin

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, Inđija, Vrbas

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, Bačka Palanka

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, Bačka Topola

Backa Topola

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, Šabac

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, Valjevo

Valjevo

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, Sremska Mitrovica

Sremska Mitrovica

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, Loznica, Senta

Senta

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, Novi Pazar

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, Gornji Milanovac

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, Užice

Užice

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, Paraćin

Paracin

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, Kraljevo

Kraljevo

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, Kruševac

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, Jagodina

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, Aranđelovac, Vranje

Vranje

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, Pirot

Pirot

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, and Leskovac

Leskovac

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.

External links

• Raiffeisenbank Beograd Official Website
• Rajfajzen najbolja banka u Srbiji, B92, March 22, 2008