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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A deposit-funded Central European bank with broadening earnings and acquisition-driven scale

Across its multi-year history, Erste’s earnings have grown alongside net interest and fee income, while operating expenses rose more slowly than revenue. Its established customer-banking model now includes a material Polish operation, making reported growth less directly comparable with the earlier period.

What is developing

The latest results show continued expansion in interest and fee income, alongside a substantial step-up in reported scale following the first-time consolidation of Erste Bank Polska. This broadens the group without, on these results alone, establishing a change in its underlying banking model.

What matters next

Whether net interest and fee income excluding Poland continue to grow faster than operating expenses in subsequent reports.

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130.7B 139.5B 148B 158.9B 164.7B 178.1B 199.7B 205.2B 215.4B 229B
57.5B 54.7B 58.2B 58.1B 67.7B 77.5B 80B 85.4B 95.9B 99.1B
2.5B 2.4B 2.3B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.8B 2.9B
2.5B 2.4B 2.3B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.6B 2.8B 2.9B
(2.6B) (2.7B) (2.6B) (2.4B) (2.3B) (2.3B) (2.3B) (2.3B) (2.3B) (2.3B)
680m 812m 795m 821m 815m 812m 791.1m 769m 773m 792m
710m 712m 712m 547m 544m 550m 556m 544m 609m 621m
193m 198m 198m 163m 190m 211m 208.6m 241m 280m 465m
513m 472m 615m 746m 672m 635m 795.9m 631m 420m 382m
1.9B 1.6B 1.7B 1.6B 1.5B 1.7B 1.9B 1.6B 1.7B 2B
208.2B 220.7B 236.8B 245.7B 277.4B 307.4B 323.9B 337.2B 353.7B 368.6B
1.7B 2.1B 2.9B 3.1B 2.2B 1.6B 3.2B 7.4B 11.3B 9.1B
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151B 165.3B 177.4B 183.4B 213.6B 240.8B 249.6B 248.4B 251.6B 260.8B
66m 101m 99m 61m 59m 144m 127.3m 265m 241m 323m
1.8B 2.2B 3B 3.1B 2.3B 1.7B 3.3B 7.6B 11.7B 9.5B
27.2B 25.1B 29.7B 30.9B 31.2B 32.7B 36.6B 44.4B 52.5B 55.5B
68m 61m 23m 18m 20m 19m 15.6m 14m 31m 52m
4.1B 4.4B 4.5B 4.9B 5.1B 5.5B 6B 6.9B 7.6B 8.4B
11.7B 9.8B 7.8B 7.8B 7.8B 8.6B 9.1B 8.2B 7.2B 8B
195.8B 206.8B 222.4B 230.1B 260.1B 289.4B 304.5B 315.5B 330.6B 342.3B
860m 860m 860m 860m 860m 860m 859.6m 843m 821m 821m
10B 10.9B 11.8B 12.7B 13.5B 14.7B 16.3B 18.1B 19.4B 21.6B
1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B
632m 545m 229m 260m 239m 115m (264.1m) 51m 69m 87m
(487m) 130m (36m) 326m 1.3B 820m 974.6m 1.2B 1.3B 2.3B
12.5B 13.9B 14.4B 15.6B 17.3B 18B 19.3B 21.6B 23.1B 26.3B
208.2B 220.7B 236.8B 245.7B 277.4B 307.4B 323.9B 337.2B 353.7B 368.6B
409m 409m 409m 408m 405m 405m 407.2m 399.3m 388.1m 388.4m