Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in

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and chartered as a

caja de ahorros A savings bank is a financial institution that is not run on a profit-maximizing basis, and whose original or primary purpose is collecting deposits on savings accounts that are invested on a low-risk basis and receive interest. Savings banks ha ...

providing

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services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the names of all the merged entities and the

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structure. It is similar to what would be called a

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in the

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or a

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in the UK and

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. It operates primarily in the south of Spain. Unicaja has been designated as a Significant Institution since the entry into force of

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in late 2014, and as a consequence is directly supervised by the

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History

Unicaja was founded 18 March 1991 with the merger of five similar institutions, each of which contributed its location to the corporate name of the merged entity: * Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda (founded 1909) * Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Cádiz (founded 1884) * Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Almería (founded 1900) * Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Málaga (founded 1949) * Caja de Ahorros y Préstamos de Antequera (founded 1904) On 30 December 2020 it was announced Unicaja is buying Liberbank. The new merged company will be the fifth largest of Spain. The name "Unicaja" remains a commercial brand of Unicaja Banco, in which the foundation holds a stake of 30.24% as of 31 December 2023.

Sponsorships

The company sponsors several major sports clubs in its region. It is the owner of the

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club

Baloncesto Málaga Baloncesto Málaga S.A.D., also known as Unicaja for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Málaga, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League. Founded in 1977, the team is sponsored by the Spani ...

, the sponsor of the

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club CV Almería, and is also a major sponsor, though not name sponsor, of

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

References

External links

Unicaja website
Banks of Spain Companies of Andalusia Málaga IBEX 35 Banks under direct supervision of the European Central Bank {{Spain-bank-stub

History

Sponsorships

See also

References

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