Raiffeisen Bank's televised journalist: It is cleaning up its image with promotional messages, but it is mired in scandals

2025-07-08 11:13:13Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Renowned journalist Klodian Tomorri has reacted harshly to Raiffeisen Bank's latest campaign, calling it an attempt to "clean up its image" after recent scandals over loan abuses.

In a status published on social networks, Tomorri mocks the bank by calling its promotional campaign "stale humor," while emphasizing that it is Albanian taxpayers who are actually covering the costs of soft loans for young families, not the bank itself.

“Raiffeisen not only does not contribute a single lek, but on the contrary benefits from these loans,” he writes, adding that foreign managers operating in Albania are disconnected from the country's economic and social reality.

He raises concerns that foreign banks have become inhibitors of economic development, not seeing the financing of the Albanian economy as a priority.

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Placed at the center of scandals, such as recent cases made public in the media, Raiffeisen has rushed to clean up its image by publicly proclaiming that it is supporting young families with soft loans.

How is Raiffeisen supporting young families with soft loans? Is it taking money out of its own fat profits? The answer is no.

Those who are supporting young families with soft loans are Albanian taxpayers, not Raiffeisen. The budget pays the money. While Raiffeisen not only does not support any lek, but on the contrary earns money from soft loans. But Raiffeisen makes fun of the problems of the millet.

To continue, they say we have many social responsibility programs! What social responsibility programs does Raiffeisen have?

Has it supported any children from the needy classes with a scholarship? Has it financed the construction of any schools or hospitals? No. Has it supported any elderly people without anyone? No. They simply planted some trees from the lake, and even there they were used politically. These are Raiffeisen's social responsibility programs. But what if.

The biggest problem with Raiffeisen and some foreign banks lies elsewhere. They are becoming a drag on economic growth in Albania.

The foreign managers they bring to Albania do not have the financing of the national economy as one of their management priorities. On the contrary. They play in their safe field and live the beautiful life that Albania offers them.

Sometimes with their girlfriends and sometimes with their boyfriends, as the case may be. These lavish holiday jobs are well done by Raiffeisen. As for social responsibility, these are the jokes with loans for the needy.


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