Erste Group Bank AG Reports Earnings Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2023

Erste Group Bank AG is one of the leading Austrian banking groups. Net interest income by activity breaks down as follows: - retail banking (42.4%); - corporate banking (24.7%) - investment, finance and market banking (8.4%); - other (24.5%). At the end of 2022, the group was managing EUR 222.6 billion in current deposits and EUR149.3 billion in current loans. Products and services are marketed through a network of 2,029 branches located in Austria (797), Czech Republic (398), Romania (321), Slovakia (190), Croatia (133), Hungary (102) and Serbia (88). Net interest income breaks down geographically as follows: Austria (44.7%), Europe (52.8%) and other (2.5%).