Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kyiv) from June 17 changed its name to Raiffeisen Bank with the changes in the charter and public register, the bank’s press service said on Thursday.
“The name of the bank should be simpler, like everything for our clients: our products and services should be simple. We continue transforming, this is part of our strategy. Moving towards simplicity, we emphasize our belonging to a powerful international financial group,” the press service said, citing Board Chairman Oleksandr Pysaruk.
Raiffeisen Bank continues honoring its commitments to customers as the successor of Raiffeisen Bank Aval.
The bank said that in connection with the renaming, there is no need to contact branches, reissue cards or reissue documents.
Raiffeisen Bank Aval was founded in 1992. As of March 1, 2021, its largest shareholders were Raiffeisen Bank International with 68.27% of shares and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with 30%. Another 1.19% of the shares belonged to other legal entities and 0.54% to individuals.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), as of March 1, 2021, Raiffeisen Bank Aval ranked fifth in terms of total assets (UAH 118.336 billion) among 73 operating banks.
