Profile of the Rabobank Group
Rabobank Group is an international financial services provider operating on
the basis of cooperative principles. It offers retail banking, wholesale
banking, private banking, leasing and real estate services. As a cooperative
bank, Rabobank puts customers' interests first in its services. Rabobank is
dedicated to being a leading customer-centric cooperative bank in the
Netherlands and a leading food and agri bank in the world. Rabobank Group
is composed of autonomous local Rabobanks in the Netherlands and the
centralised organisation, the Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-
Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank Nederland) and its subsidiaries and
associates in and outside the Netherlands.
The Rabobank organisation encompassed 113 local Rabobanks at the end of 2014. A number of
mergers of local Rabobanks were carried out in 2014 with the aim of improving the
professionalism and competitiveness of the local Rabobanks. The decision to merge is made by
the members council of each related bank individually. The local Rabobanks have a total of
more than 7.4 million customers. The number of members amounted to 1,959,000. Rabobank
has approximately 39,000 employees in the Netherlands. It has approximately 13,000 employees
working outside the Netherlands.The Group has international branches in forty countries.
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Domestic retail banking
Rabobank Group is a leading player in the Netherlands in the field of mortgages, savings and
insurance. It is also an important financial services provider for the SME segment, the food and
agri sector and the mid-corporate segment. The 113 autonomous local Rabobanks had 547
branches and 2,305 ATMs at the end of 2014. They serve around 6.7 million retail customers and
800,000 corporate customers in the Netherlands, offering a comprehensive range of financial
services. In addition to the local Rabobanks, domestic retail banking also includes mortgage
company Obvion and savings bank Roparco.
Wholesale banking and international rural and retail banking
Wholesale banking serves the largest domestic and international companies. All sectors are
served in the Netherlands. Internationally, Rabobank focuses on holding a leading position in
the food and agri sector, with respect to both the industrial sector and farm financing, through
its global branch network.
Businesses in the Netherlands with annual revenue of up to EUR 250 million are served mainly
by the local Rabobanks, with support from regional teams of the Rabobank Mid-Corporates
division. Wholesale, Rural Retail (formerly known as Rabobank International) serves as the
contact point for customers with annual revenue of more than EUR 250 million. This centralised
department has an international branch network with branches in 27 countries. Rabobank also
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