UniCredit is a Pan-European commercial bank with a unique service offering in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
At home throughout Europe, we are the partner of choice for our clients’ increasingly sophisticated demands, both in financing and investments. We serve over fifteen million clients in a cohesive manner, connecting them to our thirteen banks. Our harmonised service model leverages on our Client Solutions division, which serves all regions. This allows us to be close to our clients and simplify the access to our offerings as well as to harness the scale of bringing all our different banks together in combination with targeted product expertise that we deliver at a country level. Our purpose is to empower communities to progress, delivering best-in-class products and services to all stakeholders, whilst unlocking the potential of our clients and our people.
Latest Articles
A Modern, Agile, and Efficient Machine
TMI spoke to Raphael Barisaac, UniCredit’s Global Head of Cash Management, and Massimo Ortino, Global Head of Financial Institutions Sales, about how the firm’s new strategy in transactions and payments reflects the dynamics of a changing global market. UniCredit’s new CEO Andrea Orcel, who took the helm in April 2021, has big plans to tackle […]
Pandemic Powerhouses
TMI Corporate Recognition Award Winners 2020 In one of the toughest years for treasury in the past decade, treasury teams stepped up their innovation projects and rolled out digital best practices at speed. Here, we celebrate their successes. What a year 2020 was. As much as the financial crisis of 2007/8 had provided some insight […]
Future-Proofing Treasury Management
In light of the ongoing economic downturn, the need for treasurers to streamline their cash management processes and unlock trapped liquidity is growing. Simeone Sperotto, Group CFO, Tecnica, explains how his company, an international Italian sports equipment provider, was already upgrading its treasury systems when the pandemic hit – enabling the company to absorb the […]
Notes From the Pandemic: How Treasurers Have Responded to Covid-19
The economic downturn caused by Covid-19 has forced corporate treasurers to re-evaluate their cash management, trade finance and working capital strategies. Whether it be optimising account structures to maximise liquidity, digitising trade processes to ensure business continuity, or extending liquidity support to suppliers, treasurers have been drawing on a range of tools to maintain operations […]
The Perfect Match: Combining Working Capital Solutions for Comprehensive Supply Chain Support
By Adeline de Metz, Global Head of Working Capital Solutions, UniCredit In today’s challenging economic environment, liquidity has become central to corporates’ working capital strategies. For buyers in a relatively strong position, supporting their supply chains is also a key imperative. To do this they can draw upon a range of options – from traditional […]
Here Come the Winners… 2019 Awards for Innovation & Excellence
Digital disruption was one of the key drivers of treasury innovation in 2019. As this year’s Award winners demonstrate, banks, technology vendors and fintechs have leveraged digital innovation to move the corporate treasury profession forward – delivering excellence by helping treasurers to become more efficient, operate in real-time, and contribute to the wider business in […]
Rethinking Receivables: The Role of Adaptation in Holistic Working Capital Management
The working capital requirements of large corporations are often too complex and variable to be effectively addressed with a one-off financing tool. Julien Tizorin, Head of Coverage, Energy & Chemicals Americas, and Massimo Ortino, Head of GTB Americas, at UniCredit, discuss how a flexible receivables financing programme successfully met the changing cash flow requirements of […]
Only Collect: Digital Solutions Make the Difficult Things Simple for FCA Bank
While the uptake of sweeping initiatives, such as SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) and SWIFT gpi, tends to grab all the headlines, there remain a number of other pain points for banks and corporates that can be addressed only through close dialogue between both parties. Let’s take credit collection as an example. This is […]