{
    "id": 13680,
    "title": "RB International : Best Structured Products Bank CEE 2026",
    "slug": "rb-international-best-structured-products-bank-cee-2026",
    "url": "https://cfi.co/awards/banking/2026/rb-international-best-structured-products-bank-cee-2026/",
    "author": "CFI.co Editorial",
    "published": "2026-09-26 16:42:03",
    "published_gmt": "2026-09-26 15:42:03",
    "modified_gmt": "2026-09-26 15:42:03",
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        "Europe",
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    "content_html": "<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13678\" src=\"https://cfi.co/awards/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/RBInternational.jpg\" alt=\"RB International \" width=\"500\" height=\"127\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Structured-products outstanding volume rose 25 percent in 2025, while newly issued volume increased 43 percent, giving RB International a clear performance base across a 16-market Central and South-Eastern European footprint.</strong> Investor behaviour in the region has been shaped by high equity valuations, geopolitical uncertainty and a broader rise in investment-account activity across Europe. Within that setting, products offering buffers, protection mechanisms or enhanced coupons have met demand for market participation without full direct-equity exposure.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Channel design is central to the bank's franchise. Products such as Raiffeisen Certificates and Retail Bonds are designed for advisory branches, private banking, and self-directed digital investors, with online broker applications already launched in the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Slovakia.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speed of issuance adds a second execution advantage. Standard structures can move from idea to launch within hours, while more bespoke products may take days, allowing the bank to respond when volatility improves secondary-market conditions. Daily monitoring of inflows and outflows also showed resilience during recent stress periods.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 1,400 to 1,500 marketing materials are produced across jurisdictions and channels, creating a governance and operational-control challenge as much as a scale opportunity. Automation and AI are being applied to templates, translation, marketing production and trading workflows, a pragmatic efficiency agenda rather than a detached technology claim.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wider RBI group context supports institutional capacity, with the interim evidence citing €1.443bn consolidated profit excluding Russia and a 15.5 percent CET1 ratio for 2025. The citation reflects regional momentum, disciplined multi-channel execution and attention to documentation and control in a complex cross-border product set. The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates RB International on winning the Best Structured Products Bank 2026 Award (CEE).</p>",
    "content_text": "Structured-products outstanding volume rose 25 percent in 2025, while newly issued volume increased 43 percent, giving RB International a clear performance base across a 16-market Central and South-Eastern European footprint. Investor behaviour in the region has been shaped by high equity valuations, geopolitical uncertainty and a broader rise in investment-account activity across Europe. Within that setting, products offering buffers, protection mechanisms or enhanced coupons have met demand for market participation without full direct-equity exposure.\n\nChannel design is central to the bank's franchise. Products such as Raiffeisen Certificates and Retail Bonds are designed for advisory branches, private banking, and self-directed digital investors, with online broker applications already launched in the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Slovakia.\n\nSpeed of issuance adds a second execution advantage. Standard structures can move from idea to launch within hours, while more bespoke products may take days, allowing the bank to respond when volatility improves secondary-market conditions. Daily monitoring of inflows and outflows also showed resilience during recent stress periods.\n\nAround 1,400 to 1,500 marketing materials are produced across jurisdictions and channels, creating a governance and operational-control challenge as much as a scale opportunity. Automation and AI are being applied to templates, translation, marketing production and trading workflows, a pragmatic efficiency agenda rather than a detached technology claim.\n\nThe wider RBI group context supports institutional capacity, with the interim evidence citing €1.443bn consolidated profit excluding Russia and a 15.5 percent CET1 ratio for 2025. The citation reflects regional momentum, disciplined multi-channel execution and attention to documentation and control in a complex cross-border product set. The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates RB International on winning the Best Structured Products Bank 2026 Award (CEE).",
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