Rabobank is an international financial services provider and a global leader in Food and Agri financing. The Group includes 106 local member Rabobanks plus Rabobank Nederland, their umbrella organisation, and a large number of specialized international offices and subsidiaries. With about 24,000 employees, the autonomous local Rabobanks serve more than 7.5 million Dutch retail and wholesale customers through about 500 branches and 2,200 ATMs. Rabobank is the market leader in Dutch retail savings, residential mortgages, and SME banking. Its roots are in financing the Dutch agricultural sector, and it still held a dominant 84% share of this market. In addition to the local Rabobanks, the domestic retail banking division includes Obvion and Roparco. On a global level, Rabobank Group aspires to be the best food and agribusiness bank, with a strong presence in key food and agriculture countries. The Group is active in 40 countries and employs approximately 45,000 people who serve about 8.7 million customers in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In the United States, Rabobank has representative offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, and San Francisco, with headquarters in New York. RaboDirect (internet savings bank) is available in the following countries: Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Belgium and Ireland. The prestigious economic magazine Global Finance ranks Rabobank 25th in its annual survey of “The World’s 50 Safest Banks”. As of June 30, 2017, Rabobank Group had total assets of EUR 623.2 billion and private sector loan portfolio of EUR 417.8 billion.