The winner of the Eximbank Award for Export Potential was Ivan Iľko, owner of company Vedou proti komárom. He received the award from the hands of Igor Barát, Deputy CEO of Eximbank, during the ceremony of announcing the results of the 19th edition of the Young Innovative Entrepreneur competition, which took place on Tuesday, 16 December 2025. The absolute winner was Lukáš Řezanina, co-owner of Nordics.

Eximbanka CEO Rastislav Podhorec, Deputy CEO Pavol Tavač and NIROFT Presidium Chairperson Darina Huttová signed a joint Memorandum of Cooperation today, 11 December.

Rastislav Podhorec, CEO of Eximbanka and Matúš Šársky, Director of its International Relations welcomed the new Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Mels Erkinbek, at the Eximbank’s premises today, 10 December 2025.

Yesterday, December 9, Eximbank welcomed the Ambassador of Canada, Her Excellency Karen Mollica, accompanied by Deputy Ambassador Mateo Barney and Trade Commisioner Natalia Barinka.

Representatives of the European Investment Fund (EIF) – Mario Marceta and Barnabás Sándor – visited Eximbanka’s headquarters in Bratislava, where they met with CEO Rastislav Podhorc and had a working meeting with colleagues from the International Relations Department, the Legal Department and the Non-Tradable Risk Insurance Department.

On 4 December 2025, Eximbanka SR welcomed in Bratislava a delegation from Montenegro, which consisted of representatives of several municipal and public institutions working in the field of waste management, together with colleagues from UNDP.

Rastislav Podhorec, Director General of Eximbank SR, is participating these days in the official working visit of the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic to North Macedonia, which is taking place at the invitation of the Minister of Finance Gordana Dimitrieska – Koçoska.

Our colleague Branislav Pristač was a lecturer at the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Economics in Bratislava yesterday, 3 December 2025.

Matúš Šársky, Director of the International Relations Department of Eximbanka, presented to the entrepreneurs the possibilities of financial support for export activities in Africa.

On December 1, 2025, Eximbanka CEO Rastislav Podhorec, MBA, and Director of International Relations Matúš Šársky participated in the meeting of the technical working group on financing small modular reactors (SMR) within the European Industrial Alliance for SMR in Brussels.