- CEO
- Isidro Rubiales Gil
- Full Time Employees
- 7,509
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Major banks
- Address
- Avenida de AndalucIa, 10 y 12 Malaga Spain 29007
- IPO Date
- Jun 30, 2017
- Business
- Unicaja Banco, S.A. Unicaja Banco, S.A. operates as a retail-oriented universal bank in Spain, offering a comprehensive range of financial products and services to individual, small business, SME, and corporate customers, including current, savings, youth, and payment accounts; term deposits; debit, business, and credit cards; personal, consumer, mortgage, study, eco-mobility, commercial, and real estate loans; securities brokerage; pension plans; investment funds; leasing; factoring; life and non-life insurance; asset management; e-banking; trade finance; foreign exchange; international money transfers; treasury services; and digital banking solutions via mobile app. The bank maintains a nationwide network of approximately 1,000 branches and 2,500 ATMs, primarily concentrated in six autonomous communities—Andalusia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, and Extremadura—serving over 4 million customers with a workforce of nearly 8,000 employees, while emphasizing proximity banking, prudent risk management, innovation, digital transformation, and ESG criteria. Founded in 2011 through the segregation of financial activities from its predecessor savings bank established in 1991 via mergers of historic entities dating back centuries, Unicaja Banco, S.A. is headquartered in Málaga, Spain, and is controlled by Fundación Bancaria Unicaja holding a significant stake. Recent developments include the 2024 acquisition of a stake in Zenon, a alternative finance firm, by its asset management unit; investments via Unicaja Ventures exceeding 5% in Bit2Me, a digital assets fintech, securing board representation and a commercial alliance for innovative DLT-based products ahead of MiCA regulations and digital euro rollout; partnerships with asset managers Candriam, Allianz, and BlackRock to enhance offerings; renewal of collaboration with Iberaval for SME financing in Castilla y León; an agreement with DXC to modernize operations and customer service; and an 80% reduction in product catalog through internal simplification as part of its strategic plan focusing on consumer lending growth, talent acquisition, and brand unification in management and private banking.