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Belgian bank buys Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria

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Belgium's KBC Bank and Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International have agreed that KBC will buy 100% of the shares of Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria for just over 1 billion euros, RTE reported. The banks announced that the transaction includes the Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria subsidiaries Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria, Raiffeisen Asset Management (Bulgaria), Raiffeisen Insurance Broker and Raiffeisen Service. KBC Group has been present in the Bulgarian financial sector since 2007 and in 2009 identified Bulgaria as one of its main markets. Prior to the deal with Raiffeisen Bank, KBC Group owned 9 companies in Bulgaria offering various financial services.



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