
Erste bank won the award for the best private banking service in Croatia in the year of 2017 as a part of the ''Global Private Banking Awards'' that is organised jointly by two international financial magazines - The Banker and PWM. Apart from the Erste Bank in Croatia, these magazines have given the international Erste Group two other awards in the following categories: ''Best private banking service in Central and Eastern Europe'' and ''Best private banking service in Austria'' in 2017. The winners of these prestigious awards for the private banking industry were announced at the award ceremony held last Thursday in London.
'This award confirms the high quality of the Erste Private Banking service in Croatia, which has been operating in accordance with Erste Group's common standards for private banking for many years already. Client satisfaction, their trust, maximum discretion and quality of service are our priorities, and individual approach is one of the basic prerequisites for our work with clients. In a highly competitive environment of steadily declining yields, in cooperation with a team of top experts from the bank and affiliated companies we have succeeded in developing products that offer our clients value, taking into account their predisposition to risk and time horizon of investments and changes in the financial market,'' Kristina Buconjić, the Head of private banking, said.

Erste bank has been providing private banking services in Croatia since 2007. It has offices in four locations, in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Osijek. The International Erste Group manages assets in Central and Eastern Europe where it has local units of private banking in Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. On these markets, Erste private banking takes care of more than 15,000 private clients with total assets of 17 billion EUR.
About the PWM / the Banker Awards for Global Private Banking
In choosing the winners, the jury for awarding global prizes for private banking, consisting of 15 experts from the fields of private banking and asset management industry, compared more than a hundred banks using key performance indicators such as portfolio management, asset classification, due diligence, risk management, growth strategies, customer services, ethical factors, business models, staff retention rates and innovation.
The Banker, which is issued by the Financial Times Group from London, is a monthly specialised in banking whose awards and rankings are recognized as benchmarks in the international banking industry. PWM Professional Wealth Management, which is also a part of the Financial Times Group, provides information and product analysis, market events, tax issues, and funds for high income individuals.
Erste bank has been providing private banking services in Croatia since 2007. It has offices in four locations, in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Osijek. The International Erste Group manages assets in Central and Eastern Europe where it has local units of private banking in Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. On these markets, Erste private banking takes care of more than 15,000 private clients with total assets of 17 billion EUR.
About the PWM / the Banker Awards for Global Private Banking
In choosing the winners, the jury for awarding global prizes for private banking, consisting of 15 experts from the fields of private banking and asset management industry, compared more than a hundred banks using key performance indicators such as portfolio management, asset classification, due diligence, risk management, growth strategies, customer services, ethical factors, business models, staff retention rates and innovation.
The Banker, which is issued by the Financial Times Group from London, is a monthly specialised in banking whose awards and rankings are recognized as benchmarks in the international banking industry. PWM Professional Wealth Management, which is also a part of the Financial Times Group, provides information and product analysis, market events, tax issues, and funds for high income individuals.
