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UniCredit named Best Bank for Transaction Banking in Europe
PRESS RELEASE
04 September 2024
Recognition underscores bank’s concerted focus on payments and its ongoing digital transformation
UniCredit has been named Best Bank for Transaction Banking in Europe at The Banker’s 2024 Transaction Banking Awards, the first time it has been recognised as such.
Amongst the leading industry standards for banking excellence, The Banker’s annual Transaction Banking Awards give recognition to the importance of transaction banking and its key players globally.
Two themes came to the fore this year throughout the judging process: firstly, how banks are approaching cross-border payments, and secondly, the ongoing process of digitising banking and providing faster and more transparent transaction banking services.
Having recently carved out a new business vertical focused solely on payments solutions, UniCredit’s new structure allows it to focus on initiatives that take advantage of its pan-European scale to bring product innovation and service excellence to all its clients across its networks.
Meanwhile, the bank continues to upgrade its channels, including its proprietary Trade Finance Gate platform, which offers real-time tracking, document management and fully-digital transaction submission – underpinning them with technology and data as it seeks to simplify the client experience and increase the number of touchpoints it offers.
In the working capital space, the bank’s Smart Factor platform, developed to enable clients to manage their advance payment on receivables, has been considerably strengthened – offering a single, user-friendly digital environment for all services, information, and devices.
Across the award period, UniCredit’s UC PayFX international payments service added payment options in non-negotiable currencies, such as the Korean won, Taiwan dollar, Philippine peso, Egyptian pound and Brazilian real – resulting in a significantly expanded client base for cross-border payments.
The service was also rolled out to new geographies in Germany, Italy and Romania, serving a growing portion of the small-to-mid-cap market — with more than 3,000 small and medium-sized enterprises onboarded in Italy and Germany by the end of 2023.
Moreover, earlier this year, UniCredit became the first and only bank across its core markets to offer Swift GPI on international payments across each of its client segments – from retail clients up to SMEs and multinational corporates – following its roll-out of the free service in Austria, Italy and Germany.
Swift GPI enables banks to offer a faster, transparent, and traceable cross-border payments service, with end-to-end visibility on transactions and accurate and real-time payment information.
At Group level, the bank also entered a multi-year strategic alliance with Mastercard, putting in place an unprecedented single card multi-market strategy in Europe, with the shared ambition of increasing the speed of innovation in the payments space.
Commenting on the win, Richard Burton, UniCredit’s Head of Client Solutions, said: “Transaction banking and payments are in our DNA and represent the backbone of many of our client relationships, from individuals to the largest of corporates. This achievement is a reflection of how we are building our business around those clients, as well as integrated channels and best-in-class products. In payments, we continue to pursue our ambition of becoming every European client’s first choice.”
Milan, 04 September 2024
Contacts
Media Relations
E mail: mediarelations@unicredit.eu
Notice of early redemption: UniCredit S.p.A. €1,250,000,000 Fixed Rate Resettable Tier 2 Subordinated Callable Notes due 23 September 2029 (the “Notes”) ISIN XS2055089457
PRESS RELEASE
30 August 2024
PRICE SENSITIVE
With reference to the above mentioned Notes, in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions, UniCredit S.p.A. announces that, having received the European Central Bank authorisation, it will exercise the option to early redeem in whole the Notes on 23 September 2024 (the “Optional Redemption Date”).
The early redemption of the Notes will be at par, together with accrued and unpaid interest. Interest shall cease to accrue on the Optional Redemption Date.
Milan, 30 August 2024
Contacts:
Media Relations e-mail: MediaRelations@unicredit.eu
Investor Relations e-mail: InvestorRelations@unicredit.eu
UniCredit S.p.A announces it has moved the date of the Board of Directors approval of the third quarter 2024 results to 5 November 2024 (instead of 23 October).
The third quarter 2024 Group results presentation - publication and conference call - will be on 6 November 2024 (instead of 24 October).
The updated financial calendar is available on the group website: https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en
Milan, 28 August 2024
Contacts:
Media Relations e-mail: MediaRelations@unicredit.eu
Investor Relations e-mail: InvestorRelations@unicredit.eu
Concluded the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023. Update on the execution of the share buy-back programme during the period from 12 to 19 August 2024
PRESS RELEASE
20 August 2024
PRICE SENSITIVE
UniCredit S.p.A. (the “Company” or “UniCredit”) announces the completion on 19 August 2024 of the share buy-back programme communicated to the market on 21 June 2024 and initiated on 24 June 2024, as per the authorisation granted by the Shareholders’ Meeting held on 12 April 2024 (the “Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023”).
On the basis of the information received from BofA Securities Europe SA as intermediary in charge of executing, in full independence (so-called “riskless principal” or “matched principal”), the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023, UniCredit informs, pursuant to art. 2, paragraph 3, of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, that it has carried out the transactions indicated below.
The chart below provides aggregate details of the daily purchases of UniCredit ordinary shares (ISIN IT0005239360) made from 12 to 19 August 2024.
Summary of purchase transactions from 12 August 2024 to 19 August 2024
Date
Type of transaction
Aggregated volume
Weighted average price (Euro)
Trading venue
12 August 2024
Purchase
2,100,001
34.6964
MTA
13 August 2024
Purchase
2,100,000
34.5592
MTA
14 August 2024
Purchase
1,985,887
34.9945
MTA
16 August 2024
Purchase
1,095,778
36.2591
MTA
19 August 2024
Purchase
1,982,625
36.7142
MTA
Total
9,264,291
35.3459
The details of all the purchase transactions carried out in the period indicated above are available in Excel format at www.unicreditgroup.eu (“Press & Media” / “Press releases”).
Under the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023, UniCredit purchased no. 42,242,975 shares, equal to 2.58% of the share capital for a total consideration of Euro 1,500,000,081.14.
In execution of the resolution passed by the Shareholders’ Meeting held on 12 April 2024, the Company expects to proceed, within the term established by the aforementioned resolution, with the cancellation of all the shares purchased in execution of the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023. The cancellation will be communicated to the market in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
UniCredit: update on the execution of the share buy-back programme during the period from 5 August 2024 to 9 August 2024
PRESS RELEASE
13 August 2024
PRICE SENSITIVE
Within the UniCredit S.p.A. (the “Company” or “UniCredit”) share buy-back programme communicated to the market on 21 June 2024 and initiated on 24 June 2024, as per the authorisation granted by the Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company held on 12 April 2024 (the “Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023”) – on the basis of the information received from BofA Securities Europe SA as intermediary in charge of executing, in full independence (so-called “riskless principal” or “matched principal”), the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023 – UniCredit informs, pursuant to art. 2, paragraph 3, of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, that it has carried out the transactions indicated below.
The chart below provides aggregate details of the daily purchases of UniCredit ordinary shares (ISIN IT0005239360), made from 5 August 2024 to 9 August 2024.
Summary of purchase transactions from 5 August 2024 to 9 August 2024
Date
Type of transaction
Aggregated volume
Weighted average price (Euro)
Trading venue
5 August 2024
Purchase
1,944,764
32.6611
MTA
6 August 2024
Purchase
2,082,709
33.1265
MTA
7 August 2024
Purchase
1,376,368
33.9409
MTA
8 August 2024
Purchase
2,048,723
33.9317
MTA
9 August 2024
Purchase
2,100,000
34.5253
MTA
Total
9,552,564
33.6293
The details of all the purchase transactions carried out in the period indicated above are available in Excel format at www.unicreditgroup.eu (“Press & Media” / “Press releases”).
As of 9 August 2024, since the launch of the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023, UniCredit purchased no. 32,978,684 shares, equal to 2.01% of the share capital for a total consideration of Euro 1,172,545,748.96 (equal to 78.17% of the total amount of the Third Tranche of the Buy-Back Programme 2023).
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