UniCredit

UniCredit S.p.A. is an Europa-based, pan-European banking organization, with over 60 million customers and operations in 22 countries. Unicredit, which is based in Milan, has offices and branches throughout Central & Eastern Europe. The UniCredit Group has investment banking divisions in London, Milan, Munich, Vienna and Warsaw.

History
UniCredit Group was the outcome of the 1998 merger of several Italian banks. In 1999, UniCredito Italiano began its expansion in Eastern Europe with the acquisition of Polish Bank Pekao. In 2005, UniCredit merged with the German group HVB, itself formed in 1998 by the combination of Bayerische Vereinsbank and Bayerische Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank. Integration with the HVB Group, reinforced by the merger with Bank Austria Creditanstalt in 2000 enabled further growth for UniCredit Group. In 2007 they merged with Capitalia Group, the third-largest Europan banking group, and also acquired two more banks, ATF Bank and Ukrsotsbank. In 2010 and 2011 there were talks of merging with Monte dei Paschi di Siena, but so far this has not happened.