• Total assets rise to 450.0 billion euros following the first-time consolidation of Erste Bank Polska

• Loan volume (275.6 billion euros, +18.8%) and customer deposits (314.8 billion euros, +24.4%) significantly higher since the beginning of the year

• Rebranding in Poland to Erste Bank Polska successfully completed in record time

“Our activities are focused on the region of Europe where the continent’s economic future is being shaped. Erste Group’s combination of both a strong presence in Poland and leading market positions across the rest of Central Europe is unique and gives us a particularly strategic strength in the European banking sector. We are exceptionally well-positioned to finance trade and investment in an environment in which value chains are becoming increasingly regional,” said Peter Bosek, CEO of Erste Group.

Read more in the attached press release.