!!!Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark AG, BKS

Bank fuer Kaernten und Steiermark AG, BKS, a major regional bank in 
the south of Austria, quoted on the stock exchange and covering all 
types of banking services. Despite its regional character, the bank 
engages in international activities, especially in the Adriatic and 
Alpine area.

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In 1922, Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank Munich and Bankhaus 
A. v. Ehrfeld entered into a limited partnership, and in 1928 the 
Bank fuer Kaernten (Bank for Carinthia) was established in the form of 
a joint company limited by shares. The bank helped rebuild the 
regional economy during the 1950s and 1960s and continued to expand 
its branch network and customer service in the 1970s and 1980s. In 
1983 the bank´s name was changed to Bank fuer Kaernten und 
Steiermark AG (Bank for Carinthia and Styria), and a branch bank was 
founded in Graz, the capital of the province of Styria. The bank 
employs more than 600 staff, and the 1998 balance sheet total amounted 
to ATS 39.1 bn. It has 36 branch offices in the provinces of Carinthia 
and Styria and a branch in Vienna. It is also represented in Zagreb 
(Croatia) and a leasing subsidiary in Lublijana (Slovenia). Since 1997 
the bank has considerably increased its cooperation with the  Bank 
fuer Tirol und Vorarlberg AG and the  Oberbank AG.


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