Oesterreichische Kontrollbank

While technically a private-sector organization, part of its activity is carried out on behalf of the Austrian government and accordingly backed by the state budget.

[4]: 50 The OeKB Group's main subsidiaries include Oesterreichischer Exportfonds GmbH and Acredia Versicherung AG in export services; OeKB CSD GmbH and CCP.A in capital market infrastructure; Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) in development finance; and Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank (ÖHT) in tourism services.

The OeKB was given various tasks associated with postwar emergencies and the reconstruction of a national finance and capital markets infrastructure in Austria, including by taking over the activity of the former Wiener Giro- und Cassen-Verein,[6] established in 1872 and described as the world's oldest central securities depository (CSD).

[7]: 39 In 1949, OeKB became the central securities depository of the Vienna Stock Exchange, forming the basis for its capital market services arm.

OeKB is specifically exempted from application of the EU Capital Requirements Directives and is thus outside the scope of European Banking Supervision.

Building at Am Hof 4 (right), one of OeKB's two historic head office buildings in Vienna, [ 1 ] former seat of Zentralbank Deutscher Sparkassen [ 2 ]
Building at Strauchgasse 3 in Vienna, the other historic head office building of OeKB, former seat of Anglo-Austrian Bank [ 3 ]