Unicredit - News, Articles & Research

European banks join forces to launch euro stablecoin

Nine European bank have joined forces to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin designed to challenge the dominance of dollar-led tokens.

25 September 2025

News/markets

UniCredit calls in BNP Paribas and FNZ for next phase of securities services revamp

UniCredit is to create 200 new jobs in the next phase of a securities services revamp that calls on BNP Paribas for custody and FNZ for the build of a cloud-based post-trade securities platform.

08 September 2025

News/payments

UniCredit taps Wise Platform for cross-border retail payments service

Italian bank UniCredit has partnered Wise to develop an international payment service for retail customers.

16 July 2025

News/wholesale

Unicredit invests €10 million in embedded lending platform Banxware

Unicredit has made a follow-on investment of €10 million in Berlin-based lending-as-a-service fintech Banxware.

05 June 2025

News/cloud

Unicredit turns to Google Cloud for transformation projects

Italy-based commercial bank has agreed a 10 year deal with Google Cloud to accelerate its digital transformation project.

12 May 2025

News/people

Unicredit internalises outsourced back office operations, creating 200 new jobs

Italy's UniCredit is to return previously outsourced back-office activities for securities services inhouse, creating more than 140 new jobs in Germany

14 January 2025

Company announcement/markets

UniCredit to internalise back-office activities for securities services

UniCredit has today announced plans to bring its back-office activities for securities services across Italy and Germany in house, standardising its set-up and suppliers in a move that is set to create over 200 new jobs.

10 January 2025

News/retail

UniCredit to acquire Banking-as-a-Service venture Vodeno and Belgian digital bank Aion

Italy's UniCredit has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the entire share capital of European Banking-as-a-Service platform Vodeno and Belgian digital bank Aion.

24 July 2024

News/payments

UniCredit rolls out accessible cards for visually impaired

UniCredit is upgrading all its debit, credit and pre-paid cards with features designed by Mastercard for blind and partially sighted people.

23 April 2024

News/markets

ECB ready to penalise UniCredit for continuing business in Russia - Reuters

The European Central Bank (ECB) is ready to impose sanctions on Italy’s UniCredit as the bank continues to participate in business with Russia.

19 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

UniCredit expands Swift GPI to retail clients

UniCredit is now 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 recent roll-out of the free service in Austria, Italy and Germany.

18 April 2024

Company announcement/retail

UniCredit renews Palantir contract for another five years

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR), a leading provider of AI systems, today announced it had renewed its partnership with UniCredit S.p.A to deploy the Palantir Foundry operating system to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation and help increase revenue and mitigate risks.

13 December 2023