UniCredit Bank Serbia

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UniCredit Bank Serbia
Native name
UniCredit Bank Srbija
FormerlyHVB Banka Srbija
Company type Joint-stock company
Industry Financial services
Founded11 June 2001;22 years ago (2001-06-11)
Headquarters,
Serbia
Area served
Serbia
Key people
Nikola Vuletić (CEO)
Products Retail, investment and private banking, investment management, public finance
Decrease2.svg €71.35 million [1]  (2019)
Total assets Increase2.svg €3.868 billion [1]  (2019)
Total equity Increase2.svg €739.34 million [1]  (2019)
Owner UniCredit (100%)
Number of employees
1,343 [1]  (2019)
Website www.unicreditbank.rs

UniCredit Bank Serbia (Serbian : UniCredit Bank Srbija a.d. Beograd) is a bank founded in 2001, headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the Italian banking group UniCredit, which owns 100% stake in the bank. [2] As of 31 December 2019, the bank has a network of 72 branch offices in Serbia. [1]

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History

UniCredit Bank Serbia was owned by Bank Austria, which in turn was majority owned by German bank HypoVereinsbank (HVB), which was, in turn, majority owned by Italian-based UniCredit banking group since November 2005.

On 2 April 2007, the bank officially changed its name to UniCredit Bank Srbija a.d. Beograd. [3] [4]

In 2016, UniCredit became the directly parent company of the bank. [5]

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References

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  2. "Statistički prikaz vlasništva – UniCredit Bank Srbija". crhov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. "HVB banka promenila ime u Unikredit". b92.net (in Serbian). 2 April 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "2007 Annual Report" (PDF). UniCredit Bank Serbia. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. "Transfer of CEE Division from Bank Austria to UniCredit SpA". UniCredit. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.