At UniCredit, our corporate governance system is based on ethics and transparency. Thanks to constant dialogue with our stakeholders, we lead in terms of applying the best international corporate governance practices in order to create sustainable value for our company, customers, employees, shareholders and the countries in which we operate.
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At UniCredit, we constantly encourage all of our employees, external associates and business partners to pursue business objectives in accordance with the law and the principles of transparency, informed management and business ethics.
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We introduce a new multi-year global partnership between UniCredit and Ferrari under the slogan “Bound by Passion. United in Excellence”. As leading Italian brands, we share a passion for excellence, shared values, and investing back into the communities in which we operate.
UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., is a universal commercial bank covering all the financial needs of its clients. We offer our clients the best expertise underpinned by long tradition and leadership in corporate and private banking, as well as an innovative approach to retail banking.
We are the bank of first choice in both our traditional and new strategic segments. We have been one of the leading banks in the Czech and Slovak markets in terms of client satisfaction for many years, and we are also an attractive employer. To keep in mind the sustainability of our business in every situation, we follow a simple principle that helps us translate these values into everyday life: Do the right things. Complete information about the bank's ESG strategy, results, and activities in this area is described on our ESG webpage.
We are part of the leading international UniCredit Group, whose mission is to create opportunities for your growth, provide the best solutions on the market, and develop the potential of our clients and employees throughout Europe. Within the Group, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia is one of the key banks in the Central European region. The Group sees our bank as an example of successful dynamic growth in the corporate client segment and, above all, in the individual client segment. At the same time, within UniCredit Group we are a bank where heavy investments are made, digital technologies and services are developed and are a bank with substantial potential for further growth.
We have successfully completed the three-year UniCredit Unlocked strategy and set new goals in the UniCredit Acceleration Group strategic plan, which aims to strengthen UniCredit's position as the Bank for Europe's Future. We provide cutting-edge products and solutions, strategic advice, and innovation to more than a million small and medium-sized enterprises and corporations and 15 million retail banking clients, who are at the heart of everything we do.
While the banking group’s history dates back as far back as 1473, the year in which Rolo Banca was created, the contemporary history of UniCredit Group begins with a merger of nine leading Italian banks, the subsequent integration with the German HVB Group and, most recently, with the Italian Capitalia. In 1999, acquisition of Bank Pekao of Poland meant the beginning of the Group’s expansion (at that time under the name UniCredito Italiano) into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Growth continued over the next few years with purchase of the Pioneer Investments group, the subsequent formation of Pioneer Global Asset Management, and then further strategic acquisitions gradually carried out in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Turkey.
In 2005, UniCredit merged with the German group HVB, which had itself been formed in 1998 by the joining of two Bavarian banks: Bayerische Vereinsbank and Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank. The result was a single, major European bank. Integration with the HVB Group – reinforced by its own merger in 2000 with Bank Austria Creditanstalt, which was strongly represented in many areas of post-communist “new” Europe – creates a basis for UniCredit Group to continue strengthening its European focus.
By merging in 2007 with Capitalia, the third-largest Italian banking group, UniCredit Group further consolidated and strengthened its position in one of its most important markets, Italy. Capitalia had been established in 2002 from the integration of two previously independent entities, the Bancaroma Group (itself the result of a merger between some of the oldest Roman banks: Banco di Santo Spirito, Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, and Banco di Roma) and the Bipop Carire Group.
In terms of its balance sheet total, UniCredit is now one of the largest financial groups in Europe. It operates directly in 13 countries, serves 15 million clients, and has approximately 75,000 talented employees. The results of UniCredit Group's stress tests and asset-quality screenings confirm the bank's strong capital position, and its capital ratios show that UniCredit is one of the most resilient banks in Europe.
UniCredit Bank launched its activities in the domestic market on 5 November 2007. It was created through integration of two successful banking houses - HVB Bank and Živnostenská banka. Since December 2013, UniCredit Bank has been providing banking products and services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia under a common business name of UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s. UniCredit Bank is a strong and rapidly developing bank offering a wide range of quality products to corporate, private, and retail clients.
As a controlled entity, UniCredit Bank forms a group with its sole shareholder, UniCredit S.p.A., as a controlling entity. UniCredit Bank is the controlling entity vis-à-vis its subsidiaries.
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