The roots of Česká spořitelna reach back to 1825, when the Spořitelna česká, the oldest predecessor of Česká spořitelna, began operating. This tradition of a Czech savings institution was continued in 1992 by Česká spořitelna as a joint-stock company. The 5.3 clients of Česká spořitelna today clearly show its strong position on the Czech market.

Since 2000, Ceska Sporitelna has been a member of Erste Group, one of the leading financial providers in Central and Eastern Europe with 17.5 millions clients in eight predominantly EU-member-countries. Within the next eighteen months, Česká spořitelna successfully completed its transformation - a transformation that aimed to the improvement of all key areas of the bank. Česká spořitelna continues in the improvement of its products and services, while at the same time making work processes more effective.

Česká spořitelna is a modern bank that is geared towards small-scale clients, small and medium-sized companies, towns and municipalities. Česká spořitelna plays also indispensable role in the financing of large companies and corporations and in providing financial market services. Financial Group of Česká spořitelna with 5.3 million clients is the largest bank on the market by number of clients. Česká spořitelna has issued more than 3 million payment cards, has the network of 660 branches and operates with more than 1,200 ATM’s. Česká spořitelna ranks among leading securities dealers on the Czech capital market.

Česká spořitelna has been awarded the title Bank of the Year in Fincentrum’s competition Bank of the Year 2009. The public voted it Most Trusted Bank of the Year, while Ceska Sporitelna’s CEO Gernot Mittendorfer was awarded the title Banker of the Year. Ceska Sporitelna has now defended the title Most Trusted Bank of the Year for the sixth time in a row. In rankings assessing individual banking products, Ceska Sporitelna’s Ideal Mortgage (third in the Mortgages category) and Loan (second in the Loans category) also ranked high.

source: Česká spořitelna