OREANDA-NEWS. On 22 April 2008 was announced, that Kyiv. 18 April. — Yesterday, 17 April, Raiffeisen Bank Aval was awarded as the Most Professional Bank within the framework of the "Financial Rating 2007", initiated by the Business weekly.

Raiffeisen Bank Aval has become the winner in this nomination for the second year running. The bank was recognized most professional by results of 2006. In the previous years, Raiffeisen Bank Aval was also named best in the nomination "Preferred Bank for Deposit Placement".

This year, the Financial Rating has been initiated by the Business weekly for the tenth time running; best companies and managers in banking, insurance and stock market have been determined in six nominations.

This rating is one of the most prestigious ratings in Ukraine. Its winners are usually selected by means of polling influential finance market experts from different companies, state employees engaged in the sphere of regulation of finance markets and economic journalists.