Unicredit

107 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2004 - 05 Jun 2025

UniCredit to roll out biometric payment system

Italian bank UniCredit has begun market tests of a new biometric payment system that uses infra-red sensors at the POS terminal to recognise the geometry of the veins in the palm of the user's hand.

IBM breaks new ground in Ukraine with $200m Ukrsotsbank IT outsourcing deal

UniCredit-owned Ukrainian bank PJSC Ukrsotsbank has signed a 10-year, $200 million IT systems and processes outsourcing contract with IBM.

IBM wins Bank Austria IT services deal

IBM has won a five year IT services contract with Bank Austria that will see around 300 of the client's tech staff move to a new centre in Vienna.

UniCredit teams with WWF on environmental programme

Italy's UniCredit Group has inked a partnership deal with environmental organisation WWF that will see the bank cut its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2020 and provide 'green' business and home loans to encourage energy efficiency.

Unicredit builds data warehouse with Teradata

Italy's UniCredit Group has selected technology from Teradata as the platform for a new CFO data warehouse designed to improve compliance and cut costs.

Atos Origin confirms interest in SIA-SSB acquisition

Atos Origin CEO Philippe Germond has confirmed on an earnings call that the firm is on the short list of bidders for Italian electronic payments group SIA-SSB.

SIA-SSB wins Austrian cards contract; plans Warsaw, Moscow offices

Sinsys, a majority-owned subsidiary of SIA-SSB, has won a five-year card issuing processing contract with Austria's PayLife Bank.

EU banks discuss debit rival to MasterCard and Visa

A group of Europe's largest banks are holding secret discussions to establish a pan-European debit card scheme that would challenge those operated by MasterCard and Visa, according to banking consultancy Lafferty Group.

CA IB to roll out Thomson One Investment Banking in Central and Eastern Europe

CA IB Corporate Finance, part of Italy's UniCredit Group, is rolling out Thomson Financial's investment banking desktop product across 13 locations in Central and Eastern Europe.

Higo Bank and UniCredit implement IBM Grid technology

IBM has announced new Grid computing implementations with Japanese regional Higo Bank and Italy's UniCredit.

Swift goes live with SwiftNet Funds service, signs new fund managers

SwiftNet Funds, the first stage of Swift's large-scale initiative to support funds processing automation, has passed the pilot testing stage and been made available to the industry.