UniCredit Bank Slovakia was a Slovak

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, formed by the merger of HVB Bank Slovakia and UniBanka in 2007, both owned by Italy-based

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. In 2013 it was absorbed by

UniCredit Bank Czech Republic UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s., is a Czech and Slovak bank based in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The bank was a subsidiary of Italy-based UniCredit Group for 99.96% stake. History UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Sl ...

, forming UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Predecessors

UniBanka

UniBanka, formerly known as Pol'nobanka, was a Slovak bank headquartered in Bratislava. An additional 51% shares was acquired from Slovenska Poistovna in May 2000 by

UniCredit UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank (according to the list provided by the Financial Stability Board in 2022) and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was for ...

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was a minority shareholder of the bank, for 20% stake. Before the acquisition, UniCredit (at that time known as Unicredito Italiano) already owned 5.43% shares, which was previously owned by

Unicredito Unicredito was an Italian holding company, formed by the owner of banks: the banking foundations of Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno e Ancona (Cariverona Banca) and Cassa di Risparmio della Marca Trivigiana (Cassamarca), in a ratio of ...

HVB Bank Slovakia

References

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