The VTB Brand
VTB Bank (Austria), with head office in Vienna and subsidiaries in Frankfurt and Paris, is the European Subgroup of Moscow-based VTB Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. From our Vienna offices, we act as the administrative head of VTB Bank (Austria), VTB (Germany), VTB (France) and the German VTB Direktbank.
- Guaranteed flexibility. We work in small teams and with flat hierarchies.
- Guaranteed efficiency. We know our markets, so our decision-making is fast and certain.
- Guaranteed reliability. We are committed to the utmost transparency and integrity, as required by our majority shareholder (the Russian state), our listing on the London Stock Exchange, and the sheer size of our presence in Russia and the CIS.
As a member of the VTB Group, VTB Bank (Austria) is endowed with the international strength of the VTB brand: in its ranking of the international "Top 500 Banking Brands of 2012," trade magazine The Banker valued VTB's assets at $1.798 billion. VTB's brand strategy was also recognized by the Russian Marketing Guild, which bestowed second place to VTB Bank in its selection of the 2010 "Best Marketing of the Year" in Russia
The best of both worlds.
Optimally positioned in Europe, perfectly networked in Russia: VTB Bank (Austria) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moscow-based VTB Bank, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. This is the heart of the VTB Group, the largest Russian financial group. Its trustworthy majority shareholder is the Russian State (75.5%). The company works for more than six million customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Western Europe and Africa, with a compact network of more than 1,400 branches and nearly 65,000 employees.
VTB (Austria) 1974 – 2011
| 1974 | Donau Bank AG is jointly founded in Vienna by the USSR State Bank and the USSR Foreign Trade Bank. |
| 1992 | The Central Bank of the Russian Federation acquires 99.97% of the bank,the remaining 0.03% is retained by the Foreign Trade Bank (Vneshtorgbank VTB). |
| 1997 | VTB acquires a 51% majority share in Donau Bank AG. |
| 2005 | VTB acquires 100% interest in Donau Bank AG. |
| 2006 | In the context of VTB’s international rebranding program, Donau Bank AG is renamed VTB Bank (Austria) AG. |
| 2007 to present | VTB Bank (Deutschland) AG and VTB Bank (France) SA are placed under VTB Bank (Austria) AG and together form a subgroup of the VTB Group. |
| 2011 | Launch of VTB Direct Bank in Germany |

