ZAO Raiffeisenbank is a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG. The Bank has been operating in Russia since 1996 and offers a full range of services to retail and corporate customers, both resident and non-resident, in roubles and foreign currencies. The Bank’s activities are supervised by the Moscow territorial department of the Bank of Russia.
In 2006 Raiffeisen International Banking Group (before merge Raiffeisen International and RZB) purchased 100% shares in OAO Impexbank, and on 23 November 2007, the legal merger between Impexbank and Raiffeisenbank Austria was successfully completed.
ZAO Raiffeisenbank, which aims to strengthen its position as one of the leading universal bank in the region, is regarded as one of the most reliable banks in Russia by the ratings agencies.
Raiffeisenbank ranks 12th among the Russian banks in terms of assets, based on Q1 2013 results (Interfax-CEA). According to the same Interfax-CEA data, ZAO Raiffeisenbank ranked 5th in terms of liabilities of individuals and 10th with regard to consumer lending.
According to the international rating agency Fitch Ratings, the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) in foreign and national currency is BBB+, and the outlook — «stable»; the short-term IDR in foreign currency is F2; the support rating is 2; the viability rating is bbb- and the national long-term is AAA(rus), the outlook — «stable».
Standard & Poor’s has given the Bank a long-term rating in foreign and national currency of BBB, the outlook — «stable»; a short-term rating in foreign and national currency of A-2; and a national-scale rating of ruAAA.
Moody’s Interfax Rating Agency has given the Bank a long-term national credit rating of Aaa.ru. Moody’s Investors Service has given Raiffeisenbank the following ratings: Baa3 for long-term (the outlook — «stable») and Prime-3 — for short-term ratings of deposits in foreign and national currency, and a bank financial strength rating of D+, baseline credit assessment of bаа3 (the outlook — «stable»).