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- UniCredit S.p.A. (CRIN.DE) operates as a pan-European commercial bank offering a comprehensive range of financial services including commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, asset management, consumer credit, mortgages, loans, deposits, payments, insurance products, and financial advisory services delivered through three global product factories: Corporate, Individual, and Payment Solutions; it serves approximately 15 million clients worldwide across its core markets in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Central and Eastern Europe encompassing countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Russia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, and others with limited presence in Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The bank maintains a network organized into regions including Commercial Banking Italy, Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria, and Fineco, supported by digital platforms and a commitment to ESG principles. Headquartered in Milan, Italy, at Piazza Gae Aulenti 3 - Tower A, UniCredit traces its origins to 1870 with the founding of Banca di Genova, later evolving through mergers including Credito Italiano and subsequent integrations. In recent developments, UniCredit completed the acquisition of Aion Bank and Vodeno in March 2025, enhancing its digital banking capabilities with a cloud-based platform to support embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service, re-entry into Poland, and expansion into Western European markets targeting affluent clients and SMEs with planned investments up to €200 million aiming for 2.5 million new clients and ROAC above 25% within three years; it also finalized deals for CNP Unicredit Vita S.p.A. and Unicredit Allianz Vita S.p.A. in September 2024 while pursuing its UniCredit Unlocked strategic plan focused on acceleration, quality growth, technology modernization via Google collaboration, and 2027 ambitions of net profit exceeding €11 billion at over 20% RoTE.