Activity in Central and Eastern-Europe
Bank Austria has a long tradition of operations in central and eastern Europe. After outbreak of world war I, foreign affiliates of the Creditanstalt and the Länderbank had to be abandoned. In 1975, Creditanstalt became the first western-bank to opened an office in Budapest. In 1997, activities of Creditanstalt and Bank Austria in the region were brought under the umbrella of a new holding company, Bank Austria Creditanstalt International. It was expanded to all foreign activities, with the exception of the Russian banks, a year later.
A great deal of Bank Austria's turnover is made in central and eastern Europe. The UniCredit network in the region includes 3.800 offices in 19 countries and about 71.000 employees.
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