The Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen (Steiermärkische Sparkasse for short) is an Austrian sparkassen or savings bank based in Styria. It is a universal bank with services for private clients, small and medium-sized enterprises, private banking clients, large companies, institutional clients and the public sector. It is the largest retail bank in Styria.[3] The expanded home market includes Austria, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.[4]
Steiermärkische Sparkasse is the largest regional Sparkasse in Austria and an important part of the Sparkassengruppe Österreich, which consists of 46 Sparkassen with Erste Group Bank and Erste Bank Österreich as leading institutions. It is also a member of the Sparkassen Haftungsverbund, the group's mutual protection arrangement.[5]