Central & Eastern Europe

One Hungarian is helping innovators come together and get started.

Innovators, especially from smaller countries, are overcoming the region’s odds.

Thriving regardless of home-base conditions: The CEE economic outlook varies country-by-country, but financial-services providers have risen above local issues by embracing fintech and selling off bad loans.

Johann Strobl, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), talks about the positive results from the bank’s digital and structural transformations.

Large multinationals are edged out of Europe’s top 50 by midsize banks that are based in developed economies and offer global service.

Question and Answer with Johann Strobl chairman and CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International

A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year. 

Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have provided the best service to clients.

Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Tomáš Hron, head of global transaction banking, UniCredit Bank, Czech Republic and Slovakia, on the limits of digitization in trade and the supply chain.

View From The Top
Global Finance speaks to leading executives at the World’s Safest Banks.

In this first installment of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and then by region, according to product or service category.

The region battled continuing recession or, at best, slow growth, a tightening regulatory environment and country-specific banking taxes or fines for past misdemeanors.

In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.

ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...

LOCATION: LONDON, UK Global Finance held its Best Trade Finance Banks 2014 ceremony during the BAFT global annual meeting in London in January. Corporate and financial leaders from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other ...

Global Finance Names the Safest Emerging Markets Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2013 New York, November 5, 2013 - Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has named the “Safest Emerging Markets Banks in Central & Eastern Europe” in an exclusive survey ...

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt   TOUGH TIMES CONTINUE IN EUROPE Europe remains mired in recession. Apart from Germany and the Nordics, major European economies are either flatlining or, as among the southern peripherals, contracting ...

GLOBAL FINANCE names the World's Safest Banks 2012 in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 — Global Finance magazine ( GF mag.com) has named the Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe in an exclusive survey to ...

Global Finance names the 2012 World's Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Europe NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in Europe. This is the 13th year ...

Global Finance names the 2012 World's Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in Central & Eastern ...