Awards for our performance
Best Bank in Austria and CEE
At Erste Group, more than 45,000 employees strive to provide our customers with the best banking advice and services each and every day. Our commitment to excellence in Austria and CEE has earned us numerous “best bank” awards from a wide range of prestigious banking industry publications and institutions, including The Banker, Euromoney and Mastercard.
We are profoundly honoured that our customer-centric advice and exceptional services have been recognised with the 2024 Service Award from the Austrian market research company ÖGVS.
At Erste Group, more than 45,000 employees strive to provide our customers with the best banking advice and services each and every day. Our commitment to excellence in Austria and CEE has earned us numerous “best bank” awards from a wide range of prestigious banking industry publications and institutions, including The Banker, Euromoney and Mastercard.
We are profoundly honoured that our customer-centric advice and exceptional services have been recognised with the 2024 Service Award from the Austrian market research company ÖGVS.
A genuine commitment to a liveable future
We have always seen it as our task to help people in our region prosper and to contribute to a future worth living. Our Group-wide efforts to support sustainability initiatives and promote diversity have been honoured with numerous awards.
We have always seen it as our task to help people in our region prosper and to contribute to a future worth living. Our Group-wide efforts to support sustainability initiatives and promote diversity have been honoured with numerous awards.
We help people in need
In partnership with Caritas and SOS-Kinderdorf, our humanitarian response earned us the “Wirtschaft hilft” award from the Fundraising Association Austria. In addition to financial contributions to people displaced by the war in Ukraine, we were able to serve nearly 58,000 Ukrainians at a day centre, with Erste employees dedicating 350 hours of volunteer work and distributing 50,000 warm meals.
We help people in need
In partnership with Caritas and SOS-Kinderdorf, our humanitarian response earned us the “Wirtschaft hilft” award from the Fundraising Association Austria. In addition to financial contributions to people displaced by the war in Ukraine, we were able to serve nearly 58,000 Ukrainians at a day centre, with Erste employees dedicating 350 hours of volunteer work and distributing 50,000 warm meals.
We are a diversity leader and a top company for women
The Financial Times and Statista have honoured Erste Group with a fifth place in their prestigious ranking of Diversity Leaders among 850 European companies. Our commitment to elevating women into leadership roles and fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion has been instrumental in integrating these critical values into our corporate culture.
For more information about our initiatives, see here.
We are a diversity leader and a top company for women
The Financial Times and Statista have honoured Erste Group with a fifth place in their prestigious ranking of Diversity Leaders among 850 European companies. Our commitment to elevating women into leadership roles and fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion has been instrumental in integrating these critical values into our corporate culture.
For more information about our initiatives, see here.
Best Private Banking
Our commitment to excellence in private banking has once more been recognised by The Banker, which named us “Best Private Bank in Central and Eastern Europe” for the tenth consecutive time and also selected us as “Best Private Bank in Austria”.
Erste Private Banking has also achieved significant recognition from Euromoney, securing three “Best Bank” awards: in addition to the title “Best Domestic Private Bank” in Austria, Erste Private Banking was also recognised as “Best for Discretionary Portfolio Management” and “Best for High Net Worth Individuals”.
Have a look at our Private Banking services.
Award-winning funds
With diverse investment funds ranging from green and more conservative options to those with a dynamic, international focus, Erste Asset Management offers a variety of award-winning investment opportunities that match the individual saver’s specific risk appetite and interests.
Each of the 17 funds submitted by Erste Asset Management (EAM) to Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG, Forum for Sustainable Investments) received the FNG label and the top rating of three stars. The FNG label is one of the most prestigious and important ESG investments-related labels in the German-speaking region and is therefore regarded as a distinctive quality criterion for sustainable funds.
Have a look at our funds.