About us

The Zveza Bank in Klagenfurt is the National Association of Slovenian Credit and Commodity Cooperatives in the bilingual region of Carinthia, which also counts the 7 Posojilnica Banks (primary cooperatives), 5 Zadruga-market-cooperatives, 1 livestock cooperative, 1 cooperative for biologically-friendly heating as well as additional legal and physical persons among its members. The field of activities spans the banking sector and financial audits.

Zveza Bank is an Austrian bank, which has traditionally be characterised by multilingualism, looks back on more than 90 years of tradition, and is closely tied to the Austrian Raiffeisen Association.

The Slovenian cooperative system has existed in Carinthia since the Nineteenth century. The first Slovenian credit cooperative, established in St. Jakob im Rosental in 1872, is the oldest cooperative credit union of this kind in Austria.

The core of our radius of operation includes Carinthia, Slovenia and Croatia, and extends beyond these areas to the remaining Austrian provinces, Italy and Germany.

The product offer of the Banking Group of the Slovenian Cooperative System encompasses all major banking services.

Our mission statement

Our mission

We are the central institution of the Slovenian Cooperative Banks (umbrella brand group) in Carinthia and are seen by our customers as attractive and recognised financial partner domestically and in the south-eastern Alps-Adriatic region.

Our vision

Together with our associated Slovenian cooperative banks we maintain a unified market presence under a common umbrella brand (umbrella brand group). We are highly competitive due to our ability to innovate and due to prompt decision-making processes facilitated by our lean organisational structure.  

Our values

We live by the core cooperative values – solidarity and subsidiarity. The trust that is placed in us and the transparency of our decisions is of great importance to us.