- 27.11.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager Index in November:
The downturn in Austrian industry slows towards the end of the year
In November, there were cautious signs of stabilisation in the industrial economy for the first time in months.
- 25.11.2024
“Orange the World”: UniCredit Bank Austria actively combats violence against women
Two branches of UniCredit Bank Austria in Vienna and Graz will be lit up in orange for 16 days as a sign against violence, and orange LED strips will be lit up in numerous other branches
- 25.11.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Prospect of economic recovery in the course of 2025, but risks have increased
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator deteriorated slightly to minus 2.5 points in October.
- 08.11.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Overview
Dull autumn for most sectors and little prospect of winter sunshine
Persistently gloomy climate across almost all sectors in Austria.
- 06.11.2024
UniCredit 3Q24 & 9M24 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 3Q24 & 9M24 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 29.10.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager Index in October:
Lack of demand prolongs recession in Austrian industry
The UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 42.0 points in October. Weakness in Austrian industry continues in the fourth quarter of 2024.
- 23.10.2024
Caritas and Bank Austria open new learning café in Vienna and celebrate 30 years of the Bank Austria Family Fund
Joint commitment to more equal opportunities: more learning support for children and young people from families affected by poverty.
- 15.10.2024
Current survey by UniCredit Bank Austria on World Savings Day 2024:
Savings on the rise: higher interest rates revive traditional savings products, real estate remains out of reach for many
78 per cent of respondents are worried about inflation, with the significant rise in interest rates triggering a veritable boom in savings that will continue into 2024
- 15.10.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Slump in Austria's economy continues
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator improved slightly in September to minus 2.4 points.
- 03.10.2024
CEE Quarterly: External weakness clouds the outlook, gradual recovery in external demand in 2025
UniCredit economists expect the economies of EU-CEE to grow by around 2.3% in 2024 and 2.8% 2025, with the Western Balkans growing above 3%.
- 02.10.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Economic Analysis
Weak economy dampens inflation, ECB can bring forward interest rate cuts
Continued weak development of the global economy with below-average growth of 3.2 per cent expected in 2024 and 2025, burdened by the slump in manufacturing.
- 30.09.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria’s crowdfunding initiative celebrates an impressive anniversary
With the help of over 1,600 supporters and a total amount of over 322,000 euros, the tenth year of UniCredit Bank Austria’s reward-based crowdfunding initiative is getting 31 Austrian art and cultural projects off the ground.
- 26.09.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager Index in September:
Austrian industry continues to struggle with the crisis
The fall in the UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in September to 42.8 points signals a deepening of the recession in the domestic industry, which has been ongoing for two years
- 25.09.2024
Prof. Horst Knapp Prize 2023 goes to Manfred Neuper and Uwe Sommersguter
The Prof. Horst Knapp Prize 2023, which commemorates the doyen of Austrian business journalism who died in 1996, was awarded to Manfred Neuper, head of the business section for Styria at “Kleine Zeitung”, and Uwe Sommersguter, head of the business section and deputy editor-in-chief for Carinthia and East Tyrol at “Kleine Zeitung”.
- 19.09.2024
Flood disaster:
Bank Austria puts together emergency flood aid package for affected
Instant financing with up to 50,000 euros overdraft facility with 2 per cent fixed debit interest p.a. and a maximum term of 24 months for private customers and companies
- 16.09.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Austria's economy cannot find its way out of the economic slump for the time being
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator improved slightly in August to minus 2.5 points
- 16.09.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria supports donation appeal “Österreich hilft Österreich”
Free donations now possible online, mobile and in all branches
- 12.09.2024
The UniCredit Bank Austria student account now with a 70 euro welcome voucher
With the GoGreen student account, environmentally friendly projects are financed with every euro in the account.
- 28.08.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager Index in August:
Lack of new orders prolongs recession for Austria's industry
Despite a slight increase in the UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in August to 44.4 points, the industry has now been in recession for exactly two years.
- 22.08.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview
Weak start to the second half of 2024 for most sectors in Austria
After stabilising at the beginning of the year, the climate deteriorated again in the middle of the year across almost all sectors - signs of an incipient improvement have evaporated.
- 16.08.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Recovery trends in the Austrian economy have faded, GDP forecast has been lowered
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator fell to minus 2.7 points in July.
- 29.07.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers’ Index in July:
Persistent industrial slump has an impact on the labour market
Bumpy start for industry in the second half of the year: UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 43.1 points in July
- 25.07.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Analysis
Austria's exports: High world market share put to the test
Over the past 25 years, globalisation has led to a significant decline in the global market share of industrialised nations in favour of the emerging markets
- 24.07.2024
UniCredit 2Q24 & 1H24 results
The latest information on the UniCredit 2Q24 & 1H24 results .
- 22.07.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Analysis
Austria‘s competitiveness challenged
Triggered by high inflation in Austria, unit labour costs also rose at an above-average rate of 23%, five percentage points more than in the eurozone
- 19.07.2024
Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024
UniCredit Bank Austria named “Best Bank for ESG” in Austria
UniCredit was recognised in a total of 18 categories at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024.
- 15.07.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Industry slows down pace of economic recovery
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator fell to minus 2.4 points in June.
- 05.07.2024
Junior Achievement Europe Company of the Year
The project “Treberei” from Austria is European Company of the Year
“Treberei” from Austria was honoured as “Junior Achievement Europe Company of the Year” at Gen-E 2024 in Catania, Italy
- 28.06.2024
CEE Quarterly: Domestic demand powers growth, worries central banks
UniCredit economists foresee the economies in EU-CEE to grow by around 2.7 percent in 2024.
- 26.06.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in June:
Setback on road to recovery for Austrian industrial sector
Upward trend halted: UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 43.6 points in June.
- 26.06.2024
Bank Austria for Austria
„UniCredit for CEE“ offers financing solutions for over 2.6 billion euro for micro and small enterprises across CEE
The initiative "Bank Austria for Austria" is rolling out the offer in Austria
- 21.06.2024
UniCredit again named as Best Sub-Custodian Bank in CEE and Austria
UniCredit was named as the Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as well as in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia.
- 18.06.2024
Financial education initiative for schoolgirls
„Girls Go Finance” at UniCredit Bank Austria
As part of the cooperation with Teach For Austria, a special day for schoolgirls from socio-economically disadvantaged schools took place for the second time at the UniCredit Centre at Kaiserwasser.
- 17.06.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Burgeoning economic recovery slowly gaining momentum
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator rises to highest level in a year in May at -2.0 points.
- 11.06.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria presents “Student of the Year in Management and Economics” award
The prize, which has been awarded by the Bank Austria Sponsoring Foundation since 1999, will again be awarded this year to students on the bachelor's programme in Economics -Management and Economics at the University of Innsbruck
- 11.06.2024
Holiday Euro worth 20 per cent more on average in 2024 than at home
The purchasing power of the euro, i.e. the holiday euro, has once again become an important indicator for summer holidays in 2024.
- 28.05.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in May:
Austria's industrial sector could soon overcome stagnation
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index rose to highest level in 15 months in May at 46.3 points
- 21.05.2024
Pan-European study on women and finance:
"Strengthen financial sovereignty and counteract poverty in old age"
Women in Austria still earn less than men. Gender pay gap and part-time work mean that women are more affected by poverty in old age
- 16.05.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria and CAPE 10:
For more educational equality - opening of the CAPE 10 Education Academy in Vienna
CAPE 10, a social and health facility in Favoriten, Vienna's tenth district, opens its Education Academy, a low-threshold free learning and education programme for children and young people
- 15.05.2024
UniCredit Offers Exclusive 20% Discount to Clients for the Arena di Verona Opera Festival
UniCredit is thrilled to announce an exclusive offer for its clients, a 20% discount on tickets for the 2024 season of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival, excluding June 7th and 8th.
- 07.05.2024
UniCredit: 1Q24 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 1Q24 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 06.05.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Tourism made strong comeback, but price-adjusted revenue significantly underperformed 2019
The Austrian tourism sector recovered again very quickly after the pandemic, achieving a remarkable comeback in 2022 and 2023.
- 26.04.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in April
The Austrian industrial sector has yet to emerge from recession and slow progress is being made with the ongoing regrouping of the economy.
- 23.04.2024
Management change at UniCredit Bank Austria
Robert Zadrazil becomes Country Manager in Austria - with Ivan Vlaho, former CEO of Zagrebacka Banka to become new CEO
- 22.04.2024
UniCredit switches to Mastercard Touch Card™ with accessibility features for blind and partially sighted people
Pan-European bank is the first banking group to launch the card at scale in 12 markets and across all products
- 22.04.2024
Bank Austria Social Prize 2024 - the application phase begins
Bank Austria Social Prize will be awarded for the 15th time in 2024
- 15.04.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Recovery on hold but inflation receding and interest rates set to fall
Economic sentiment in Austria is slowly recovering, but the prevailing mood is still one of pessimism.
- 11.04.2024
NGO accounts: UniCredit Bank Austria concludes new long-term agreement with “Bündnis für Gemeinnützigkeit”
UniCredit Bank Austria has been offering charitable and non-profit organisations accounts with special conditions for years: the so-called “NGO account” with free account management.
- 08.04.2024
CEE Quarterly „Adjustment postponed in auspicious environment“
UniCredit forecasts stable growth in Central and Eastern Europe
UniCredit foresees the EU-CEE1 economies to grow by around 2.6% in 2024 and 3.0% 2025, with the Western Balkans growing marginally faster.
- 04.04.2024
Creative visions become reality: UniCredit Bank Austria’s crowdfunding initiative enters its tenth year
From 15 May 2024, Austrian creatives will once again have the opportunity to present their projects to a wide audience and receive up to 5,000 euros in funding.
- 29.03.2024
Housing affordability has fallen strongly in a long-term comparison
Property prices in Austria fell for the first time in almost 20 years in 2023
- 27.03.2024
Bank Austria presents 100 million euro housing package
Favourable fixed-interest loans for up to 500 families in Austria
- 27.03.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in March:
Recession in Austrian industrial sector continues, but expectations are improving
The hesitant improvement in the industrial economy that began last autumn suffered a setback in the first quarter of 2024.
- 22.03.2024
UniCredit is once again part of the "WWF Earth Hour" this year
Tomorrow, Saturday 23 March at 20.30 local time, the “WWF Earth Hour” will be celebrated for the 18th time
- 15.03.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Upturn slow to materialise
The economic situation in Austria has continued to improve at a very modest pace.
- 06.03.2024
Stefan Wenzel-Hirsch new Head of Corporate Communications at UniCredit Bank Austria
Stefan Wenzel-Hirsch (48) has been appointed Head of Corporate Communications at UniCredit Bank Austria, strengthening the Identity & Communication team.
- 29.02.2024
Christoph Herrmann new Head of Retail Network at UniCredit Bank Austria
He succeeds Franz Weisz, who is moving to Schoellerbank and will assume the newly created position of Head of Sales at Schoellerbank on 1 March.
- 27.02.2024
UniCredit is Market Leader and Best Service Provider in trade finance in Central and Eastern Europe
The results of this year's Euromoney Trade Finance Survey have once again confirmed UniCredit as one of Europe's leading banks for trade finance.
- 27.02.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in February:
Persistently weak industrial activity in Austria leading to significant job cuts
The domestic industrial sector has now been in recession for a year and a half. Although now past the lowest point, improvement in the economic situation continues to be very slow.
- 20.02.2024
UniCredit becomes Official Partner of the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships
UniCredit is the Official Partner of the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships, which will take place in Rome from 7 to 12 June at the Olympic Stadium.
- 15.02.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Slight economic upturn in very small increments
The Austrian economy is beginning to rise up from its low and show gradual signs of improvement.
- 15.02.2024
UniCredit empowers the next generation in the Youth America’s Cup
The UniCredit Youth America’s Cup will take place from 17th – 26th September in Barcelona and is open to young people aged between 18 and 25.
- 05.02.2024
UniCredit: 4Q23 & FY23 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 4Q23 & FY23 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 29.01.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in January
Austria's industry had a weak but less pessimistic start to 2024
Slight improvement in UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index at 43.0 points in January, which nevertheless continues to signal a recession in the industrial sector
- 23.01.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview
Rocky start to year for most sectors of Austrian economy
Further deterioration of climate across almost all sectors in H2 2023 but cause for cautious optimism in coming months
- 16.01.2024
Central and Eastern Europe is a region of growth for Europe and
UniCredit economists expect the economies in EU-CEE to grow by around 3.0% in 2024 and 2025, with similar growth rates in the Western Balkans.
- 15.01.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Signs of hope on the economic horizon, but noticeable recovery not expected until second half of the year
The Austrian economy was not able to climb out of recession before 2023 came to an end.
- 12.01.2024
Svetlana Pancenko and Hélène Buffin are appointed as new members of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria
Svetlana Pancenko will be newly appointed as Member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria for People & Culture as of 1 February 2024.
Hélène Buffin will become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of UniCredit Bank Austria as of 1 March 2024.
- 04.01.2024
UniCredit Bank Austria successfully places 750 million Euro Green Covered Bond
UniCredit Bank Austria has successfully placed another Green Covered Bond on the capital market, thereby continuing its sustainability strategy.
- 29.12.2023
Jochen Hauser new Data Protection Officer at UniCredit Bank Austria
Jochen Hauser was appointed Data Protection Officer of UniCredit Bank Austria.
- 28.12.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in December:
Weakness in Austrian industrial sector continues into year end but cautious optimism beckons for 2024
Following two consecutive increases, UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls again slightly to 42.0 points in December
- 19.12.2023
UniCredit is the first pan-European bank to win a Global EDGE Certification for gender equity and inclusion
Marking significant progress in gender equity, the banks in Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, and Serbia received EDGE Certifications
- 19.12.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis of the economies of the federal states for 2023 and outlook for 2024
2023 sees decline in growth in all federal states – states with strong focus on industry most affected
After strong growth in all federal states the year before, regional economic output improved very little or even declined in most states
- 15.12.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Economic situation in Austria remains tense
Bottoming out but no recovery as year ends
- 11.12.2023
UniCredit Foundation: over 3 million euros to the winners of Call for Education 2023
18 non-profit programs combating educational inequalities across 10 UniCredit countries announced as winners
- 01.12.2023
UniCredit named Global Bank of The Year 2023 by The Banker
UniCredit was hailed ‘Global Bank of the Year’ for 2023 at The Banker’s annual ceremony in London, in a first for the bank, as well as being named ‘Bank of the Year in Western Europe’, ‘Bank of the Year in Italy’ and ‘Bank of the Year in Bulgaria’.
- 28.11.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Economic Forecast 2024/25:
Prospect of moderate recovery following recession
The global economy is expected to lose further momentum at the beginning of 2024
- 23.11.2023
“Orange the World”: UniCredit Bank Austria this year again sends a visible sign for overcoming violence against women
Two branches of UniCredit Bank Austria in Vienna and Graz are lit up in orange for 16 days, as the bank sets a visible sign on the occasion of the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”
- 22.11.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria, thanks to UniCredit Foundation, is expanding its broad financial education portfolio with a new cooperation with Junior Achievement (JA) Austria
In line with UniCredit's motto “Empowering Communities to Progress”, UniCredit Bank Austria promotes the financial literacy of young people and young adults as well as company founders.
- 15.11.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Signs of slow bottoming out in the Austrian economy
The economic situation in Austria remains very tense
- 06.11.2023
UniCredit Foundation and Teach For All sign a 5.5 million euro pan-European partnership
This partnership with the global education network Teach For All aims at helping teachers at underserved schools across Europe
- 02.11.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria honoured as “Best Bank for Digital Solutions” and “Best Bank for ESG” in Austria
UniCredit wins nine further awards at Euromoney Awards for Excellence
- 27.10.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in October:
Industrial activity may have bottomed out
After deterioration in previous month, UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index roses slightly in October
- 24.10.2023
UniCredit 3Q23 & 9M23 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 3Q23 & 9M23 results can be found on the UniCredit website
- 23.10.2023
Upon completing evaluation, UniCredit decided to put on hold the idea of a cross-border merger of UniCredit Banka Slovenija with UniCredit Bank Austria
The bank remains committed to deliver best-in-class products and services to our clients in Slovenia
- 16.10.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator
Autumn sees economy continue to decline
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 4.0 points in September
- 12.10.2023
Current survey by UniCredit Bank Austria on investment behaviour in Austria:
High inflation and increased interest rates shape current investor sentiment
80 percent of those surveyed are worried about inflation
- 03.10.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Growth in tourism sector slows in 2023
Revenue for 2023 is set to nominally exceed the pre-crisis level of EUR 30 billion due to significant price increases
- 03.10.2023
Felix Haar takes over as Head of Corporate Banking for Salzburg at UniCredit Bank Austria
Felix Haar assumed overall responsibility for UniCredit Bank Austria's corporate banking business in Salzburg as of 1 October 2023.
- 27.09.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in September:
Continued decline in demand worsening recession in industry
The downturn in Austrian industry accelerated again at the beginning of autumn.
- 25.09.2023
MSCI upgrades UniCredit’s ESG rating to ‘AA’
MSCI, a leading international ESG rating company that assesses over 8,500 companies globally, has upgraded UniCredit to “AA” (leader), from “A” (average) previously
- 18.09.2023
Bank Austria Social Prize 2023 in Vienna awarded to “NF Kinder Expertisezentrum”
UniCredit Bank Austria has awarded the Bank Austria Social Prize for the fourteenth time this year and is supporting charitable initiatives in Austria with a total of EUR 90,000
- 15.09.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
No recovery in sight for Austrian economy before new year
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 3.4 points in August
- 14.09.2023
UniCredit and America’s Cup set sail with Unicredit as Global Partner and Global Banking Partner of the 37th America’s Cup
Unicredit as Global Partner and exclusive Global Banking Partner of the 37th America’s Cup 2024
- 14.09.2023
More than 320,000 euros for innovative art projects: UniCredit Bank Austria's crowdfunding initiative another great success
With the help of 1,677 supporters and a total of 324,262 euros, 27 Austrian art and cultural projects were funded
- 11.09.2023
The UniCredit Bank Austria GoGreen student account now with a 70 euro welcome voucher
With the GoGreen student account, environmentally friendly projects are financed with every euro in the account
- 31.08.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Construction economy loses share of economic output
Investment in construction has increased by a price-adjusted 14% over the last 30 years
- 29.08.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in August:
Decline in industrial sector continues but pace slows
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index up in August for first time this year – at 40.6 points
- 21.08.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Strong price increases for residential property reduce affordability throughout Europe - particularly in Austria
Residential property price increases in the eurozone have significantly outpaced average net earnings increases in recent years.
- 16.08.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economy remains sluggish but inflation drop points to modest recovery before year end
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator stabilises in July at -2.9 points
- 31.07.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview:
Industry climate cloudy for summer 2023
Industrial economy particularly impacted by losses in construction-related sectors
- 27.07.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in July:
Austrian industrial sector scales back production and employment
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager's Index falls to 38.8 points in July, undershooting growth threshold of 50 points for twelfth successive month
- 26.07.2023
UniCredit 2Q23 & 1H23 results
The latest information on the UniCredit 2Q23 & 1H23 results .
- 24.07.2023
UniCredit Foundation and Junior Achievement Europe launch “Re-power your future”
A 6.5 million euro program to empower youth across 10 European countries
- 14.07.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
A cooler summer - at least for the economy
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 2.9 points in June
- 13.07.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria named Best Bank in Austria
UniCredit was named Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, while UniCredit Bank Austria secured the title of Best Bank in Austria.
- 12.07.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the printing sector:
Austrian printing industry anticipates declining sales in 2023
Decline likely in printing sector in 2023 following sharp increase in nominal revenue of 12.8% in 2022
- 30.06.2023
CEE Quarterly: Faster growth faces external headwinds
UniCredit Research publishes new study on economic development in Central and Eastern Europe
- 28.06.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in June:
Weak demand exacerbates recession in Austrian industrial sector
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 39.0 points in June
- 28.06.2023
UniCredit Foundation allocates 3 million euros to the Call for Education 2023
The initiative will support programs combating educational poverty
- 26.06.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria presents “Student of the Year in Management and Economics” award
Daniel Mayr, student of International Economics, receives the “Student of the Year in Management and Economics” award of the Bank Austria Sponsoring Foundation, which is endowed with 1,500 euros.
- 21.06.2023
“Girls Go Finance” by UniCredit Bank Austria and Teach for Austria
As part of the cooperation with Teach for Austria, a special day for schoolgirls from socio-economically disadvantaged schools took place at the UniCredit Center at Kaiserwasser
- 20.06.2023
Janine Wukovits becomes new Head of Regulatory Affairs at UniCredit Bank Austria
Janine Wukovits, 32, will assume the role of Head of Regulatory Affairs at UniCredit Bank Austria as of 1 July 2023, in addition to her current role as Head of Legal Governance & Digitalization.
- 19.06.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Analysis:
Working hours per capita continue to decrease in Europe, particularly in Austria, while the figure is increasing in the US
While the number of people in employment in the eurozone has increased by around 30% since 1995, the number of working hours has only increased by around 23%
- 15.06.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic slowdown continues
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 2.4 points in May
- 06.06.2023
Case Study Competition on customers’ digital engagement concluded successfully
UniCredit Bank Austria, in cooperation with the students’ organisation “AIESEC in Austria”, has held a case study competition on customers’ digital engagement.
- 06.06.2023
UniCredit named Best Sub-Custodian Bank in CEE by Global Finance
UniCredit has been named Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Central and Eastern Europe in Global Finance magazine’s annual awards, while also claiming six country awards for Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Austria, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovenia.
- 31.05.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis of the economies of the federal states for 2022 and outlook for 2023:
From boom to crisis?
All federal states posted robust to very healthy growth in 2022
- 30.05.2023
Evaluation of a possible cross-border merger of UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d. with UniCredit Bank Austria AG and transformation to a branch started
Slovenia is an important part of UniCredit Group’s growth plan in Central Europe and further developing the opportunities of this market is a key tenant in the delivery of our strategy UniCredit Unlocked. For
- 26.05.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in May
Accelerated economic downturn leading to recession in Austrian industrial sector
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 39.7 points in May, reaching its lowest level since April 2020
- 24.05.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report
Electrical industry remains on growth track for 2023
Both sectors of the Austrian electrical industry – electronics and electrical engineering – are growing faster over the long term than the industrial sector as a whole, and faster than the comparison sectors in the rest of Europe.
- 22.05.2023
Holiday Euro 2023 worth on average 20 percent more than at home
Value increase of holiday euro abroad compared to 2022 driven partly by appreciation of the euro and by Austria's higher inflation
- 03.05.2023
UniCredit: 1Q23 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 1Q23 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 24.04.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Overview:
Industry climate in spring 2023 signals weak economic growth
Materials shortage improves and labour shortage worsens in industrial sector
- 14.04.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic recovery slow to materialise
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 1.6 points in March
- 03.04.2023
Bank Austria Social Prize 2023 - application phase begins
Bank Austria Social Prize to be awarded for the 14th time in 2023
- 31.03.2023
The call for donations by UniCredit Bank Austria and card complete generated 220,000 euros for Caritas earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria
The donations enable humanitarian aid for people in need after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria in the form of heating material, food and emergency shelters
- 29.03.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in March:
Demand in Austria's industry is getting weaker and post-pandemic recovery looks to have ended
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 44.7 points in March, reaching its lowest level since May 2020
- 27.03.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report:
The automotive industry is only slowly picking up pace
Austria's automotive industry can expect growth in 2023, but is not expected to return to pre-crisis levels until 2024
- 24.03.2023
UniCredit supports the “Earth Hour” again this year
On Saturday 25 March at 20.30 CET, UniCredit will turn off the lights in 35 of its buildings across 12 Group countries for one hour
- 15.03.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Incremental economic recovery
The Austrian economy is slowly but steadily recovering from its low in sentiment.
- 14.03.2023
UniCredit experts from 11 countries graduated the first multinational ESG Academy
Forty UniCredit experts from 11 countries proudly graduated this week from the first multinational ESG Academy.
- 14.03.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria and emporia offer the first mobile phone for senior citizens specifically for internet banking
The emporiaSMART.5 smartphone has a large display, simple menu navigation and pre-installed apps such as the UniCredit Bank Austria MobileBanking app.
- 13.03.2023
Third party financing business of Bank Austria Finanzservice to be integrated into UniCredit Bank Austria
The third party financing business of Bank Austria Finanzservice with its sales partner cooperations will be integrated into UniCredit Bank Austria as of 1 April 2023 and will be continued unchanged
- 24.02.2023
Digital innovations for people with disabilities
On 24 February, the Zero Project Conference, together with UniCredit Bank Austria, hosted the first ever Zero Project Technology Forum at UniCredit Center am Kaiserwasser.
- 24.02.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in February:
Continued weak demand weighing on manufacturing in Austria
Difficult conditions and weak global demand are continuing to pose major challenges for Austrian industrial companies.
- 21.02.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report:
Austrian mechanical engineering sector expands growth advantage
By international comparison, Austria's mechanical engineering sector is highly competitive and posting strong growth.
- 16.02.2023
UniCredit named Best Trade Finance Bank for Customer Service and Market Leader in Austria and CEE in Euromoney Trade Finance Survey
The results of this year’s Euromoney Trade Finance Survey have again confirmed UniCredit as a leading trade finance player across Europe, with the bank picking up 22 awards across various categories and geographies.
- 15.02.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria successfully places 750 million Euro Green Covered Bond
UniCredit Bank Austria has successfully placed a second Green Covered Bond on the capital market, thereby continuing its sustainability strategy.
- 15.02.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic sentiment is noticeably improving
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator rose to minus 1.4 points in January
- 10.02.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria supports Caritas call for donations for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
UniCredit Bank Austria supports Caritas' call for donations to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
- 31.01.2023
UniCredit: 4Q22 & FY22 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 4Q22 & FY22 results.
- 30.01.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report:
Metal goods production in Austria remains on growth track
Competitive metal goods production industry consolidates international growth advantage over three year period.
- 27.01.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in January:
Start of new year sees optimism return to Austrian industrial sector
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index rises for third consecutive month in January,
to 48.4 points, but remains below growth threshold as in previous six months. - 19.01.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Top Employer in Austria again in 2023
UniCredit Group Top Employer Europe for seventh consecutive year in 2023
- 16.01.2023
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Austrian economy defies the economic odds
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator increased to minus 2.5 points in December
- 11.01.2023
CEE economies prove more resilient than expected
UniCredit economists expect a recovery in the CEE region after a winter of an atypical recession due to falling purchasing power and foreign demand, tighter financial conditions, and lower fiscal spending “A rebound is likely from 2H23 onwards if the eurozone economy recovers as well.
- 28.12.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in December:
Downturn in Austrian industry losing pace
The decline in Austrian industry slowed towards the end of 2022.
- 22.12.2022
Raphael Hammerl appointed new Head of Compliance at UniCredit Bank Austria
Raphael Hammerl will take over as Head of the Compliance Department on 1 January 2023 and will be responsible for the units Compliance Conduct Risk, CS Compliance & Market Integrity, Anti Financial Crime Compliance and the Data Protection Office.
- 20.12.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report:
The chemical industry lost momentum in 2022 – cost burden remains the biggest economic challenge
Chemical production in Austria has been in decline since September; in 2021, production in the industry increased by 5.8 percent and sales by around 26 percent to EUR 16.7 billion
- 15.12.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Pace of Austrian economic downturn stabilising and probability of recession declining
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator at minus 2.9 points in November, as in previous month
- 15.12.2022
Euromoney names UniCredit as Market Leader in each of the bank’s European regions
Euromoney has recognized UniCredit's leadership in its 2022 European Markets Leaders Survey, an independent global assessment of the leading financial service providers conducted across 100 markets.
- 29.11.2022
European Investment Fund and UniCredit Bank Austria sign the first InvestEU-support in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria will benefit from a EUR 90 million guarantee amount from the European Investment Fund in order to improve the access to finance for Austrian SMEs, across two thematics.
- 28.11.2022
New Purpose of UniCredit Foundation to unlock the potential of Europe’s next generation
UniCredit relaunches its Foundation with a renewed focus on youth and education
- 28.11.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Economic Forecast 2023/24:
High inflation and weak economy call for economic policy
Headwinds from monetary tightening, high inflation and ongoing geopolitical tensions to slow global economy sharply in 2023 and allow only tentative recovery in 2024
- 25.11.2022
“Orange the World”: UniCredit Bank Austria sets a visible sign of support for the elimination of violence against women
Two branches of UniCredit Bank Austria in Vienna and Graz are lit up in orange for 16 days, as the bank sends a visible signal on the occasion of the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”
- 21.11.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Working time per job in Austria on the decline
The reported manpower shortage is therefore also due to a lack of available working time from the labour supply
- 17.11.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview
Predominantly gloomy industry climate in October 2022 signals further economic slowdown
Austria’s economy lost significant growth momentum in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the first half of the year.
- 16.11.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Real Estate Country Facts:
Austrian real estate market remains stable
The outlook for the Austrian real estate market remains positive
- 15.11.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Austrian economy on brink of recession
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls only slightly in October to minus 3.0 points
- 03.11.2022
UniCredit recognised as standout performer in 2022 Euromoney Cash Management Survey
Client-led survey names UniCredit as either the ‘Market Leader’ or 'Best Service Provider' in Central and Eastern Europe and a further eleven countries
- 28.10.2022
UniCredit announces launch of onemarkets Fund
The platform represents a new approach to asset management that puts the needs of clients at the very centre
- 28.10.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Increased energy costs weighing heavily on domestic economy
High energy costs significantly impacting energy-intensive sectors such as aviation and chemical, paper and steel industries, responsible for 45% of commercial energy consumption.
- 27.10.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in October:
Slowdown in Austrian industrial economy accelerating
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Manager’s Index falls to 46.6 points in October, placing it below growth threshold for third consecutive month
- 26.10.2022
UniCredit: 3Q22 & 9M22 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 3Q22 & 9M22 results.
- 14.10.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Swift end to Austria's economic recovery
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to minus 3.0 points in September, its third consecutive month in negative territory.
- 13.10.2022
UniCredit obtains EDGE certification across three countries – recognising the Bank as the only EDGE-certified organisation in the European banking industry
The Group remains committed to fostering gender equity and inclusion in the workplace
- 28.09.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in September:
Industrial economy continues to decline unabated
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index stabilises just below growth threshold in September at 48.8 points
- 27.09.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the tourism sector:
Tourism cools in autumn 2022
Tourism industry seeing slowdown since July following strong revival in H1 2022
- 21.09.2022
UniCredit and Teach For All join forces to advance education
UniCredit and Teach For All are proud to join forces to advance education for children in a foundational pan-European partnership reaching across six UniCredit core countries.
- 15.09.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Austria's economy heading for mild recession
The cooling of the economic climate in Austria continued into the beginning of Autumn.
- 01.09.2022
Emilio Manca joins the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria as COO
Emilio Manca, 49, will become new Management Board Member of UniCredit Bank Austria in the role of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) as of 1 September 2022
- 31.08.2022
Board of Education for Vienna and UniCredit Bank Austria present the “MoneyMatters” financial education programme
In cooperation with UniCredit Bank Austria and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the Board of Education for Vienna successfully implemented the project “Financial Education at Schools in Vienna” at a total of 51 Vienna schools.
- 31.08.2022
Michael Kaltenbeck takes over as Head of Corporate Banking for Lower Austria and Burgenland at UniCredit Bank Austria
Michael Kaltenbeck assumed overall responsibility for UniCredit Bank Austria's corporate banking business in Lower Austria and Burgenland as of 1 June 2022.
- 30.08.2022
The UniCredit Bank Austria GoGreen student account with Visa student credit card and goodies worth up to 124 euros
With the free GoGreen student account, every euro in the account is invested in environmentally friendly projects
- 29.08.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in August:
Downturn in Austrian industrial sector gathers pace
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index drops to lowest level in more than two years in August, at 48.8 points
- 11.08.2022
Budget fully utilised: UniCredit Bank Austria's crowdfunding initiative once again a great success
UniCredit Bank Austria has supported, collected and raised about 260 projects, 21,200 supporters and 2.7 million euros since the launch of its “reward-based” crowdfunding initiative in 2015.
- 10.08.2022
EIB and UniCredit Bank Austria enable companies to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UniCredit Bank Austria will support investments in small and medium-sized renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Austria.
- 28.07.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report on the automotive economy
No end in sight to crisis in automotive trade until 2023
The automotive trade in Austria is currently suffering its worst crisis in decades.
- 28.07.2022
Disability Matters Europe Conference 2022:
UniCredit Bank Austria winner of the prestigious Springboard Disability Matters Award in two out of three categories
At the Disability Matters Europe Conference 2022, UniCredit Bank Austria received the Disability Matters Award in two of three categories: “Marketplace” and “Workforce”.
- 27.07.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in July:
Industrial production in Austria declines in July
The situation in the Austrian industrial sector remained challenging at the start of the third quarter.
- 27.07.2022
UniCredit: 2Q22 & 1H22 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 2Q22 & 1H22 results .
- 15.07.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic slowdown spreading throughout Austria
Services sector unable to maintain strong momentum in H2 2022
- 14.07.2022
Five Excellence Awards for UniCredit
UniCredit named Best Bank in Italy in Euromoney Awards 2022
- 05.07.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Industrialised countries particularly hard hit by supply bottlenecks and cost increases
Persistent supply problems for over two years with problems in global value chains leading to rapid extension of delivery times for primary materials
- 29.06.2022
Prof. Horst Knapp Prize 2021 awarded to Gerhard Hofer
This year's Prof. Horst Knapp Prize, which commemorates the doyen of Austrian business journalism who passed away in 1996, goes to Gerhard Hofer, head of the business editorial department of the daily newspaper "Die Presse".
- 23.06.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report:
Retail economy cools noticeably in 2022
The latest UniCredit Bank Austria retail sector report reveals that consumer spending in Austria has held up well in Q1 2022 despite strong price hikes.
- 15.06.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Very strong start to the year lifts growth forecast for Austria to 4.4%, while economic downturn begins
The deterioration in economic sentiment since the beginning of spring continues to accelerate.
- 01.06.2022
Holiday Euro 2022 worth on average 18 per cent more than at home
The decline in the value of the holiday euro abroad compared to 2021 is due to slightly higher inflation in Austria and partly to the depreciation of the euro
- 27.05.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in May:
Austria's industry continues to lose momentum
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 56.6 points in May
- 23.05.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria confers "Student of the Year in Management and Economics" award
The prize, which has been awarded by the Bank Austria Sponsoring Foundation since 1999, is again going to students of the Bachelor's programme in Economics - Management and Economics at the University of Innsbruck.
- 20.05.2022
“Call for Europe” initiative awards social projects in 12 Group countries
UniCredit and its Foundation support 52 children’s non-profit organizations with a total 500,000 euros
The third edition of the “Call for Europe” initiative of UniCredit and its Foundation aimed at supporting non-profit organisations focused on children in the 12 different European countries where the Group operates, has come to an end
- 19.05.2022
Investing with capital security at maturity:
The new HVB Garant bond 06/2029 based on the "Energy Transition Strategy Index"
100 per cent participation in a rising price of the “Energy Transition Strategy Index”
- 18.05.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria successfully places 500 million Euro Green Covered Bond
UniCredit Bank Austria has successfully issued its first Green Mortgage Covered Bond under UniCredit's Sustainability Bond Framework
- 16.05.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic slowdown expected after strong start to year
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to lowest level in a year in April at 0.7 points
- 16.05.2022
Largest crowdfunding initiative supports local cultural scene for the eighth time
UniCredit Bank Austria crowdfunding for cultural projects with social added value starts on 17 May 2022
- 12.05.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview
Positive industry climate in spring 2022 despite increased material shortages and growing economic uncertainty
Increasing material shortages and growing economic uncertainties putting brakes on production growth in industrial sector
- 09.05.2022
Together towards the Paris climate target (1.5°C target)
Zadrazil: “We support the Green Finance Alliance right from the start. Together we want to bring Austria forward on the path to achieving the climate goals”
Within the Green Finance Alliance, UniCredit Bank Austria intends to contribute its expertise and to exchange views on an ongoing basis with experts from the Ministry of Climate Protection, the Federal Environment Agency and the financial industry.
- 09.05.2022
Sustainable and risk-optimised investment:
The new HVB Garant bond 09/2028 based on the “Ethik Evolution Strategy Index”
100 percent participation in a rising price of the “Ethik Evolution Strategy Index”
- 05.05.2022
UniCredit: 1Q22 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 1Q22 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 27.04.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in April:
Upswing in Austrian industrial sector continues — but at reduced pace due to supply problems and increased costs
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index falls to 57.9 points in April.
- 20.04.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report
Food price increases in 2022 approach record levels
- 14.04.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Ukraine war and inflation concerns subdue economic sentiment in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to 1.3 points in March, lowest level in a year.
- 31.03.2022
UniCredit confirmed as 'Best Global Trade Finance Bank for Customer Service' and 'CEE Market Leader' in the newest Euromoney Trade Finance Survey
Leading status in over twenty categories reflects the strength of the bank's unique pan-European network
- 29.03.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in March:
Strong upswing in Austrian industrial sector continues but Ukraine war clouding outlook significantly.
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index rises to 59.3 points, signalling continuation of strong growth in domestic industrial sector in March.
- 25.03.2022
UniCredit supports Earth Hour for the 15th consecutive year
Lights will be switched off for one hour at two buildings in Austria and in 50 buildings across the Group.
- 21.03.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Above-average burden on low-income households due to rising inflation
Ukraine conflict accelerates rise in living costs for Austrian households, especially for residential energy.
- 15.03.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Ukraine conflict dampens growth outlook and increases inflation expectations
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator improves to 3.8 points ahead of outbreak of Ukraine crisis in February.
- 10.03.2022
Dieter Hengl and Marion Morales Albiñana-Rosner appointed new Management Board members at UniCredit Bank Austria
Dieter Hengl, currently CEO of Schoellerbank and Head of Wealth Management of UniCredit Bank Austria, will assume responsibility for the Corporates Division at UniCredit Bank Austria as of 10 March 2022. Marion Morales Albiñana-Rosner is appointed as new Management Board member for Wealth Management & Private Banking
- 10.03.2022
State quality label for family friendliness
UniCredit Bank Austria again awarded “workandfamily” certificate
UniCredit Bank Austria was certified as a family-friendly employer for the fifth time in a row and awarded the state quality label “workandfamily”.
- 09.03.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Energy prices at record levels — not expected to ease until 2023
Wholesale prices up 480% for gas and 330% for electricity in 2021.
- 28.02.2022
Inclusion and Accessibility – Zero Project Conference in Vienna
“Understanding is the basis for a self-determined life” – Financial Inclusion Award 2022 goes to Graz-based social enterprise capito
UniCredit Bank Austria has supported the Zero Project from the very beginning and, as a sponsoring partner of the Zero Project Conference, plays a leading role in the presentation of the Financial Inclusion Award.
- 24.02.2022
#togetherwematter: The GoGreen-account with 100 years of free account management
Unique promotion: UniCredit Bank Austria offers the "green" account from 28 February 2022 to 27 March 2022 with free account management for life for new customers
- 24.02.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in February:
Industrial sector boom continues but optimism waning somewhat
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index decreases to 58.4 points in February.
- 22.02.2022
Zero Project Conference 2022 from 23 to 25 February at UN City Vienna
UniCredit Bank Austria CEO Robert Zadrazil: “We have been pioneers on the way to an inclusive and barrier-free society for many years”
Zero Project Conference is the world's largest conference on inclusion and accessibility
- 18.02.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria named Best Investment Bank in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria has been named the Best Investment Bank in Austria for the second time in a row by the US corporate financial magazine "Global Finance"
- 17.02.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report
Construction suppliers to post record year in 2021, weaker performance in 2022 expected
Austria's construction industry reached record levels in 2021.
- 16.02.2022
Philipp Gamauf appointed new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of UniCredit Bank Austria
Philipp Gamauf, previously Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of UniCredit Bank Romania, is appointed new Chief Financial Officer in the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria as of 1 March 2022.
- 15.02.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Austria's economy remains optimistic but burden of pandemic restrictions and supply bottlenecks continues into start of 2022
The Austrian economy was showing signs of cautious optimism as 2022 began.
- 01.02.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria promotes young artists and has already assigned ten studio spaces for two years in Vienna and Linz
Within the ”Bank Austria Studios” initiative, young artists are supported with an extensive programme, a studio, more visibility and financial expertise
- 28.01.2022
UniCredit: 4Q21 & FY21 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 4Q21 & FY21 results.
- 27.01.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in January:
Strong start to 2022 for Austrian industrial sector as optimism grows
The upwards trend in the industrial economy continued at the start of 2022, despite the spread of the new Omicron variant throughout Austria.
- 19.01.2022
UniCredit ranks First in Italy and Second in its global peer group in the Corporate Knights’ 2022 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Corporations
UniCredit has ranked first in Italy as well as coming in second in its global peer group (751 companies) in the Corporate Knights’ 2022 ranking of the World’s Most Sustainable Corporations. The bank’s overall rank in the Corporate Knights’ Global 100 Index for 2022 is 59.
- 18.01.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria Industry Report
Construction sector growth slows in 2022 following record year
High level of orders at the end of 2021 still resulting in high capacity utilisation in the construction industry in early 2022.
- 11.01.2022
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Housing prices in Austria rose much more sharply than incomes in 2021
The coronavirus crisis has provided an additional impetus to the sharp rise in residential property prices in Austria. After an average increase of 7 percent in 2020, property prices are likely to have risen by more than 10 percent in 2021.
- 10.01.2022
Invest with 90 % minimum redemption at maturity:
The new "HVB GoGreen bond with 90 % minimum repayment 11/2028"
New bond with 90% minimum repayment based on the "ISTOXX® Europe Responsibility Low Vol 30 Decrement 3.5 % Index (EUR)" offers scope to take maximum benefit from positive average index developments (two average values are compared, 13 observation dates are used at the beginning of the term and 13 observation dates at the end of the term)
- 03.01.2022
Invest with 93% percent minimum redemption value at maturity:
The new “HVB bond with 93% minimum repayment 02/2030” based on the “Infrastructure Strategy Index”
New bond with 93% minimum repayment based on the “Infrastructure Strategy Index” offers scope to take maximum benefit from positive index developments
- 20.12.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry overview
Sunny industry climate from autumn cooling down slightly in winter 2021/22
Industry, construction and business-related services are ensuring that economic output in Austria in 2021 will exceed the 2019 level by at least 2 percent
- 14.12.2021
Austrian economy defies pandemic to remain on growth track
Headwind from higher infection rates, supply bottlenecks and rising inflation fails to rattle global pandemic recovery but global economic growth set to be weaker in 2022 than 2021.
- 02.12.2021
3 December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities:
UniCredit Bank Austria CEO Zadrazil: “We live barrier-free banking”
UniCredit Bank Austria is one of today's leading financial institutions in Austria and throughout continental Europe in the areas of accessibility and inclusion.
- 02.12.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Real Estate Country Facts:
Austrian real estate market continues to defy the crisis
Outlook for the Austrian real estate market remains positive.
- 30.11.2021
Thomas Haslauer, Head of Corporate Banking for the southern region, takes over as Regional Director for Carinthia
Thomas Haslauer will become the new Regional Director for Carinthia with effect from 1 January 2022.
- 25.11.2021
"Orange the world": UniCredit Bank Austria sets a visible sign of support for the elimination of violence against women
Selected branches of UniCredit Bank Austria lit up in orange.
- 15.11.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Winter months herald increasing challenges for economic recovery
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator increases to 5.2 points in October, interrupting trend of economic slowdown seen since start of autumn
- 19.11.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the freight transportation sector:
Road freight in Austria building strong momentum in 2021
Road hauliers on course to completely offset last year's 1.9% loss in 2021.
- 11.11.2021
UniCredit supports the Davis Cup Finals as Official Bank
UniCredit is proud to become a principal partner of the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals, as Official Bank (exclusive in the banking category).
- 09.11.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria launches "The Art of Finance" video series on sustainable corporate management
Under the title "The Art of Finance", UniCredit Bank Austria is launching a video series for its corporate customers which offers comprehensive guidance on the topic of sustainability.
- 29.10.2021
UniCredit: 3Q21 & 9M21 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 3Q21 & 9M21 results .
- 27.10.2021
Resolutions of the Supervisory Board:
UniCredit Bank Austria Management Board: New appointments and change in areas of responsibility
As of 1 November 2021, the former Management Board areas “Unternehmerbank” and “Corporate & Investment Banking” (CIB) will be merged within the framework of organisational simplification.
- 27.10.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in October:
Lower demand and supply bottlenecks slowing recovery in industrial sector
UniCredit Bank Austria PMI fell slightly in October to 60.6 points, lowest value in 9 months.
- 25.10.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria awarded as best SME Bank in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria has been named “Best SME Bank 2022” in Austria by the US corporate financial magazine "Global Finance".
- 21.10.2021
Industrial sector returns to pre-crisis levels in almost all Austria´s provinces
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis: Continued recovery set to deliver an 8.5% increase in industrial production in Austria in 2021, with Carinthia leading the way.
- 20.10.2021
Latest UniCredit Bank Austria survey on investment behaviour in Austria:
Low-interest rate environment reinforces trend toward securities and sustainable investments
Interest in securities and sustainable investment growing, especially among bank customers under 30; savings products remain most popular form of investment.
- 20.10.2021
CFI magazine names UniCredit as Best Social Impact Bank in Europe for the second time
UniCredit has been named by Capital Finance International magazine (CFI.co) as the Best Social Impact Bank in Europe in 2021.
- 19.10.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria makes a significant contribution to „klimaaktiv Pakt“
With Austria's “klimaaktiv Pakt”, eleven large companies commit to at least halving their CO2 emissions by 2030 (base 2005); together they are taking essential steps to achieve climate neutrality by 2040.
- 15.10.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Austrian economy changes down a gear with rapid rate of recovery
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator falls to 4.6 points in September, but still outstrips the long-term average significantly.
- 12.10.2021
Prof. Horst Knapp Prize 2019 awarded for the 25th time this year
The prize winners for 2020 are Paul Lendvai, who received an honorary prize for his extensive publication work over many decades, and Kamil Kowalcze, business editor at the daily newspaper Die Presse, who was awarded a supporting prize.
- 04.10.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria climate protection analysis 2021:
The benefits and costs of the necessary CO2 levies in Austria
Climate targets unachievable without more stringent measures and more comprehensive pricing of greenhouse gas emissions.
- 04.10.2021
Holographic Fingerprint™ on UniCredit Bank Austria debit cards:
UniCredit Bank Austria and Authentic Vision protect customers from phishing attacks
Holographic Fingerprint™ verification for additional protection from phishing attacks.
- 28.09.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in September:
Austrian industrial sector steps on the gas again for the short term
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index rises to 62.8 points in September.
- 24.09.2021
The new GoGreen Business Account with the Austrian Eco-label
UniCredit Bank Austria now offers a "green" account, certified with the Austrian Eco-label, for self-employed persons, freelancers and small and medium-sized enterprises.
- 22.09.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria business analysis for Upper Austria:
Upper Austria putting crisis behind it
Following pandemic-related economic slump of 6.3% in previous year, Upper Austria economy set to grow by 5% this year.
- 17.09.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic recovery slowing, but still marching at pace
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator down to 5.5 points in August following all-time high in previous month.
- 16.09.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria expands support programme for young art and culture
In the context of the "Bank Austria Studios", young artists will from now on be supported with an extensive programme, more visibility and financial expertise.
- 13.09.2021
Invest with 93% percent minimum redemption value at maturity:
The new “HVB bond with 93% minimum repayment 10/2029” based on the “Thematic Strategy Index”
New bond with 93% minimum repayment based on the “Thematic Strategy Index” offers scope to take maximum benefit from positive index developments
- 10.09.2021
Bank Austria Social Award 2021 in Vienna goes to “Mädchenzentrum *peppa”
UniCredit Bank Austria shows continuity in its social commitment also during the Corona crisis.
- 09.09.2021
Bank Austria wins the “Financial Adviser Diversity in Finance Award 2021” for accessible service offerings during the Corona crisis
UniCredit Bank Austria yesterday won the main prize in the category “Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year” at the Financial Times Group's “Diversity in Finance Awards 2021” with its outstanding disability management and barrier-free financial services, which are unique in Europe.
- 06.09.2021
Invest with 94% percent minimum redemption value at maturity:
The new “HVB bond with 94% minimum repayment 10/2029” based on the “Ethik Evolution Strategy Index”
New bond with 94% minimum repayment based on the “Ethik Evolution Strategy Index” offers scope to take maximum benefit from positive index developments.
- 01.09.2021
UniCredit named ‘Best Transaction Bank in Western Europe’ at The Banker’s 2021 Transaction Banking Awards
Bank completes clean sweep of major Western European transaction banking awards.
- 01.09.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Pandemic performance of Austrian industrial sector continues long history of success
Austrian industrial sector continues 20-year outperformance of eurozone average during pandemic.
- 27.08.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in August:
Upswing continues in Austrian industrial sector but delivery problems impacting progress
Strong industrial recovery continues in Austria but momentum on the wane: Second consecutive decline in UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in August but still at an impressive 61.8 points
- 16.08.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic upswing in Austria at its peak
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator in July equaled the previous month's record result of 6.0 points
- 30.07.2021
UniCredit: 2Q21 & 1H21 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 2Q21 & 1H21 results .
- 28.07.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in July:
Austrian industry still at summer high despite slight slowdown in pace of recovery
The UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 63.9 points in July: The economic peak seems to have passed, but growth momentum in Austrian industry remains very high.
- 23.07.2021
The Austrian Paralympic Team have been sworn in and given a send-off before the Tokyo 2020 games:
UniCredit Bank Austria wishes our Paralympic athletes every success
Hosted this year in Tokyo, the Paralympic Games is the third-largest sporting event in the world, hosting 4400 athletes from 170 nations
- 15.07.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Recovery off to flying start in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator climbs to 5.9 points in June, reaching another all-time high
- 14.07.2021
Corona pandemic was a turbo for online shopping:
UniCredit Bank Austria provides all customers with online payment tools
65 percent were shopping online more often in 2020 than before.
- 14.07.2021
UniCredit wins Euromoney’s Best Bank for Transaction Services in Western Europe 2021
Leading European business and finance magazine awards UniCredit in further categories
- 08.07.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the printing sector:
Printing sector in Austria gaining momentum in 2021
Printing sector set to partially recoup 2020's sales decline of 15.5% in 2021
- 07.07.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
The COVID basket of goods and its influence on inflation
Toilet paper, pasta, yeast and more — the impacts of pandemic consumption on inflation.
- 28.06.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in June:
Consolidation of upwards trend for Austrian industrial businesses at midway point of year
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index increases to new all-time high of 67 points in June, signalling further improvement in industrial economy
- 24.06.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Social Impact Banking - 2021 interim report:
"Growing stronger and more resilient together"
Social Impact Banking granted loans totalling in excess of EUR 12.5 million to over 17,300 people in Austria in 2020 as well as providing almost 2000 students with access to financial knowledge
- 22.06.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria presents the "Student of the Year in Management and Economics" award
The prize, which has been presented by the Bank Austria Foundation since 1999, is being awarded to students on the Management and Economics Bachelor's programme at the University of Innsbruck once more this year
- 15.06.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Recovery in Austria rapidly gathering pace
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator rose to new record of 4.9 points in May.
- 10.06.2021
Construction boom drives up costs to record levels:
Cost increases set to even out before the end of 2021
Following a moderate cost increase of 0.9% in 2020, intermediate goods for the Austrian residential construction sector have been getting gradually more expensive since the start of the year.
- 08.06.2021
“Call for Europe” initiative supports 48 projects across 12 UniCredit countries:
UniCredit banks and Foundation support local projects to help children with 360,000 euros
In December 2020, UniCredit Foundation launched for the second year the “Call for Europe” initiative with the aim to identify and support social projects helping children in the different European countries.
- 01.06.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis of the economies of the federal provinces for 2020 and outlook for 2021:
After a historic slump, recovery is now in sight in all federal provinces
The pandemic caused a severe recession in all federal provinces in 2020
- 31.05.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria is committed to an inclusive corporate culture and fosters diverse teams for sustainable business success.
Diversity and inclusion are important success factors for the sustainable development of the company.
- 27.05.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in May:
Austria's industry in record growth phase but hampered by price fluctuations due to supply bottlenecks
The UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index reached an all-time high once again in May at 66.4 points
- 26.05.2021
Survey of people with disabilities on inclusion during the Corona pandemic:
“Making barriers visible in order to remove them”
There are 1.4 million people with disabilities in Austria, which is 18.4 percent of the total population.
- 18.05.2021
Social Impact Banking
UniCredit advances social impact finance measurement standards with a dedicated system
The measurement & evaluation system has been developed with the think tank Human Foundation, to drive greater outcomes of social impact finance projects
- 17.05.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria again provides 100,000 Euros for cultural crowdfunding
UniCredit Bank Austria - in cooperation with the crowdfunding platform “wemakeit” - is supporting cultural projects from all over Austria for the seventh time with a total of 100,000 euros
- 17.05.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Sharp drop in tourism revenue in 2020 - particularly severe in Vienna, least severe in Carinthia
- 14.05.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
The recovery emerges
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator climbs to 3.2 points in April - its highest level in two and a half years
- 07.05.2021
FinTechWeek Vienna 2021 of the Austrian Bankers Association, FinTech Austria and the Vienna Business Agency at the UniCredit Center Am Kaiserwasser
Networks in the area of sustainability as drivers for innovation and change
Banks use the enormous leverage effect of their financing to shape the future sustainably
- 06.05.2021
UniCredit: 1Q21 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 1Q21 results can be found on the UniCredit website.
- 04.05.2021
Inclusion and sustainability
UniCredit Bank Austria saves enough electricity to power entire community by remarketing used IT equipment
The bank has been a key partner of IT remarketing company AfB for ten years
- 03.05.2021
Bernd Meister named new Head of Corporate Banking at UniCredit Bank Austria; Christian Strobel-Ludwig named Regional Director for Styria
Bernd Meister has been heading up corporate banking at UniCredit Bank Austria since March 2021, reporting directly to Susanne Wendler, Member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria, "Unternehmerbank".
- 30.04.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria supports the „Global Limitless Conference“
- 22.04.2021
“At sight” payments of invoices to support suppliers:
UniCredit supported circa 37 thousand suppliers in the last 12 months thanks to processing close to 4 billion euros of invoices faster
In the last twelve months UniCredit Bank Austria paid approximately 24,000 invoices to 3,400 Austrian creditors in a total amount of 239.7 million Euros with an average payment time of three to five days.
- 15.04.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Recession running its course - recovery beckons
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator climbs to 1.5 points in March, moving into positive range for first time in a year
- 14.04.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the electrical sector:
Electrical sector fast gaining momentum
Austrian electrical sector set to recoup 2020's moderate production decline of 2.1% in 2021
- 13.04.2021
Bank Austria Social Prize 2021 - the application phase begins
Bank Austria Social Prize to be awarded for the twelfth time in 2021
- 08.04.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Inflation risk looming?
Prices for raw materials increased inflation in Austria to 2.0% in March.
- 29.03.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in March:
Considerable signs of life return to Austrian industrial economy
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index increases to 63.4 points in March, the second-highest value since the survey began in 1998
- 26.03.2021
UniCredit supports Earth Hour for the 14th consecutive year
Lights will be switched off at three buildings in Austria and in 45 buildings across the Group.
- 15.03.2021
Modern, interactive financial education for high-school students aged 14 and over - Burgenland and UniCredit Bank Austria present first interim results
Pilot project for new financial education programme for schools was launched in Burgenland in autumn - it has now been evaluated together with participating schools and the Burgenland Education Directorate
- 15.03.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Economic recovery moves ever closer thanks to gradual easing of pandemic containment measures and vaccine progress.
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator rose noticeably to -0.5 points in February, boosted by the easing of pandemic containment measures in retail and an upturn in global trade.
- 09.03.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria unveils Austria's first PSD2-compliant multi-banking system
All payment accounts and finances from different banks managed from a single location via UniCredit Bank Austria Internet banking or MobileBanking using secure API interfaces
- 08.03.2021
UniCredit named best global trade finance bank for customer service once again in Euromoney Trade Finance Survey
Leading status in over thirty categories reflects strength of pan-European platform
- 04.03.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria named Best Investment Bank in Austria
UniCredit Bank Austria has been named the Best Investment Bank in Austria by the US corporate financial magazine "Global Finance"
- 02.03.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the automotive industry:
The automotive industry is slowly picking up pace
Austria's automotive industry can expect a stronger increase in production in 2021, but cannot completely offset the 16.1% decline in production seen in 2020
- 24.02.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers’ Index in February:
Much steadier recovery in Austrian industry
The UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index rose significantly in February to 58.3 points - the highest it has been in three years
- 23.02.2021
Invest with 94% percent minimum redemption value at maturity:
The new "HVB bond with 94% minimum repayment 04/2029" based on the "Health Science Strategy Index"
New bond with 94% minimum repayment based on the “Health Science Strategy Index” offers scope to take maximum benefit from positive index developments
- 17.02.2021
Decisions of the Supervisory Board:
UniCredit Bank Austria appoints COO Tina Pogacic to the Management Board
As COO, Tina Pogacic will be responsible in the board for the strategically important area of digitalisation as well as the management and control of strategic operations.
- 15.02.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Winter lockdowns dampen growth expectations for 2021
The UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator fell to minus 1.6 points in January, thereby exactly matching the average value of the weak fourth quarter of 2020 at the beginning of the year.
- 11.02.2021
UniCredit 4Q20 & FY20 Results
The latest information on the UniCredit 4Q20 & FY20 results .
- 01.02.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria analysis:
Sector trends dominate developments on labour market during pandemic; labour market set to recover only slowly
Recovery during summer months prompted strong course correction following labour market upheaval after first wave of pandemic
- 27.01.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index in January: Austrian industry continuous to grow at start of year
UniCredit Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index increases to 54.2 points in January, its highest level in more than two years.
- 27.01.2021
UniCredit is part of Bloomberg’s 2021 Gender-Equality Index
UniCredit is proud to be included for the second time in Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index – GEI.
- 25.01.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria once again Top Employer in Austria in 2021
UniCredit has been officially certified by the Top Employers Institute for the fourth year running for its exceptional employee offering, reaffirming the Group's status as a great place to work.
- 20.01.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria industry report on the mechanical engineering sector:
Mechanical engineering industry regaining momentum in 2021
Production growth of around 7% expected in Austrian mechanical engineering sector in 2021, outstripping industry average.
- 19.01.2021
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator:
Brightening of economic mood temporary; extensive recovery not expected until H2
UniCredit Bank Austria Business Indicator up at minus 1.1 points in December; indicative only of temporary general improvement in sentiment ahead of introduction of stricter measures again at end of December