▁the ▁Eastern ▁European ▁and ▁Russian ▁mark ets , ▁where ▁ 5 7 % ▁of ▁Ra iffe isen ' s ▁total ▁assets ▁were , ▁according ▁to ▁bank ▁data . ▁ ▁R ough ly ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁lo ans ▁made ▁by ▁Ra iffe isen ▁and ▁its ▁subs idi aries ▁in ▁Ukraine ▁were ▁in ▁U . S . ▁dollars , ▁while ▁many ▁lo ans ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁were ▁in ▁Swiss ▁fran cs . ▁As ▁local ▁curr encies ▁t umbled , ▁those ▁lo ans ▁became ▁more ▁expensive ▁for ▁borrow ers ▁to ▁pay ▁off . ▁ ▁The ▁bank ▁asked ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁tax p ayer ▁to ▁buy ▁preferred ▁shares ▁of ▁Ra iffe isen ▁val ued ▁at ▁€ 1 . 7 5 ▁billion ▁in ▁a ▁capital - ra ising ▁measure . ▁The ▁coup ons ▁would ▁pay ▁ 9 . 3 % ▁annual ▁interest ▁and ▁must ▁be ▁rep a id ▁within ▁five ▁years , ▁said ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁Fin ance ▁Ministry ▁sp okes man . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁the ▁Ra iffe isen ▁Bank ▁made ▁a ▁profit ▁again ▁( 3 7 9 ▁million ▁eu ros ▁/ ▁$ 4 2 0 ▁million ). ▁The ▁bank ▁post pon ed ▁the ▁sale ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁of ▁its ▁Polish ▁subs idi ary , ▁Ra iffe isen ▁Bank ▁Pol ska ▁SA . ▁Another ▁factor ▁that ▁affected ▁the ▁bank ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁wait ▁with ▁the ▁sale ▁were ▁the ▁elaborate ▁dem ands ▁by ▁Polish ▁regul ators ▁for ▁bank ▁sales . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁Poland ' s ▁new ▁bank ▁le