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- UniCredit S.p.A. (UCG.WA) operates as a pan-European universal bank headquartered in Milan, Italy, and founded in 1870, providing a comprehensive range of financial services including corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, wealth management, consumer credit, mortgages, life insurance, business loans, investment products, brokerage, asset management, funds, portfolio management, cash management, payments, acquiring, issuing, advisory, financing solutions, client risk management, group trade and correspondent banking across its core markets in Italy, Germany, Austria, Central and Eastern Europe encompassing Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Russia, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Slovakia, Belgium, Luxembourg, and select international locations. The bank serves approximately 15 million clients worldwide through subsidiaries such as HypoVereinsbank in Germany, Bank Austria in Austria, UniCredit Bank entities in multiple CEE countries, Zagrebačka banka in Croatia, and recently integrated UniCredit Belgium (formerly Aion Bank) and UniCredit Poland following the 2025 acquisition of Aion Bank and Vodeno for €376 million to bolster digital banking capabilities; it also maintains operations via three centralized product factories for Corporate Solutions, Individual Solutions, and Group Payments Solutions under its UniCredit Unlocked operating model. Recent strategic developments include UniCredit Bank Austria's €1.945 billion risk-sharing transaction with PGGM on a corporate and SME loans portfolio, expansion of the onemarkets fund platform emphasizing client-centric investment solutions, completion of a 90.1% stake acquisition in Alpha Bank Romania from Alpha Services and Holdings, a 10-year partnership with Google Cloud announced in May 2025 to advance IT infrastructure and digital transformation, increases in stakes to 28% in Commerzbank by December 2024 amid ECB approvals for up to 29.9%, a €10.1 billion takeover bid for Banco BPM launched in November 2024 with anticipated conditional government approval under golden powers review, and a sponsorship deal with Scuderia Ferrari commencing in 2025.