UniCredit Group analysts have published a new CEE Quarterly report. Among others, they predicts that the economies in the EU-CEE will grow by around 2.7% in 2024 and 2.9% in 2025, with the Western Balkans growing by around 3%, and private consumption will remain the biggest driver of growth. According to them, the purchasing power of CEE households will continue to increase in the second half of 2024 and in 2025.

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UniCredit has reconfirmed its status as a leading bank in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Italy by claiming top honors in Global Finance's annual awards for Treasury & Cash Management Providers and Best Sub-Custodian Banks 2024.

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“UniCredit for CEE” platform offers financing solutions for over 2.6 billion euro for micro and small enterprises across CEE.

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As part of its partnership with Mastercard, UniCredit is upgrading all its debit, credit and pre-paid cards to Mastercard Touch Card™, which includes features for blind and partially sighted people, making it more accessible.

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Respected survey of non-financial institution clients recognises UniCredit as the Market Leader for Cash Management services in 9 individual countries, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. UniCredit Bank Slovenija d.d. this year also received recognition for both the leader and the best provider of cash management.

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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. “The growth rate of the CEE region is close to potential this year, while in Western Europe, at 0.5%, it is below potential”, commented Dan Bucsa, UniCredit’s Chief CEE Economist during The Central and Eastern European Forum, held in Vienna. UniCredit is a lead sponsor of the event, which in 2024 attracted 1200 attendees from 45 countries.

The Central and Eastern Europe region is a key economic region of growth and as such of strategic importance for UniCredit, as the bank is a leader in the field of banking services, digitalization and sustainable practices in this market.“The region maintains its strategic importance for UniCredit, and our plan is to continue to grow at an accelerated pace, leveraging on strong local teams and knowledge and global expertise.”, commented Teodora Petkova, Global Head for Central Europe and Eastern Europe of UniCredit.

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18 non-profit programs combating educational inequalities across 10 UniCredit countries announced as winners. In Slovenia, the Association of Friends of Youth Ljubljana Moste - Polje received funds for their Study Buddy project - a learning support program for 400 children and young people in the Central Slovenia region. The aim of the program is to help children improve their learning and social skills, knowledge, attitude towards school work and the school environment. They also want the initiative to empower their parents to gain more knowledge about how they can help their children.

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The Green Star certificate, awarded by the CER - Partnership for a Sustainable Economy, confirms the success of companies on the path of green transformation. It rewards and highlights those who bravely, decisively and concretely create higher added value and profit with less impact on the climate and the environment.

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Bank also recognised as ‘Bank of the Year in Western Europe’, ‘Bank of the Year in Italy’ and ‘Bank of the Year in Bulgaria’, in resounding proof of ongoing transformation.

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The UniCredit Foundation and Junior Achievement Europe joined forces in July thanks to the launch of a three-year partnership, with the aim of supporting young people in developing new skills that will enable them to be better prepared for employment, self-employment or entrepreneurship. The new established cooperation with Dewesoft and Katapult, represents an additional step towards the promotion of the entrepreneurial spirit among students. The President of the country also expressed support for promising young people on the event.

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Slovenia continues to be an important part of our growth in Central and Eastern Europe. The bank remains committed to deliver best-in-class products and services to our clients in Slovenia.

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UniCredit Foundation, the Corporate Foundation of UniCredit Group whose purpose is to unlock the potential of Europe's next generation, and Junior Achievement Europe, the largest organisation in Europe dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed, launch "Re-power your future" to prevent early school leaving.

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MSCI, a leading international ESG rating company that assesses over 8,500 companies globally, has upgraded UniCredit to 'AA' (leader), from 'A' (average) previously. The upgrade is driven largely by UniCredit's efforts to strengthen its focus on social issues, with MSCI citing the bank's industry-leading consumer protection practices and financial literacy programmes.

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The America’s Cup is renowned for being both the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, with the inaugural competition having taken place in 1851, and an incredible test of physical endurance for competitors. The last America’s Cup was watched eagerly by an international audience of 931 million fans, with Europe producing the highest viewing figures. Pan-Europe Commercial Bank UniCredit has partnered with the long-running international sailing competition to help bring the excitement, drama, and triumphs of the race for the trophy to audiences worldwide.

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At this year's Euromoney awards, the UniCredit Group once again received the flattering title of Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe. We maintained the status of the leading bank in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Italy, and recognition of our excellence in the field of transaction services and asset management in Central and Eastern Europe.

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In the latest CEE Quarterly UniCredit Research highlights a soft patch in Europe, the US and China as the main risk to economic growth in CEE, which could postpone the rebound in capital expenditure, exports and consumer demand to late 2023 or 2024.

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UniCredit Foundation, in line with its purpose of unlocking the potential of Europe's next generation, launches the "Call for Education 2023" to support programs combating educational disadvantage in 10 countries where the Group operates (Austria, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Check Republik, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia).

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The average number of working hours per inhabitant in the euro area decreased by approximately 90 hours per year, even by 180 hours in Austria. In the field of reduced working hours, a growth trend is clearly visible, in 2022 the share of part-time employees in the euro area was 20.5%, compared to about 13% in 1995. The reduction of working hours is offset by a strong increase in productivity, employees in the euro area have since 1995 on average, they became almost 25% more productive.

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The Group also picked up country awards for Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovenia.

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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 this reason, we analysed various scenarios focused on unlocking our potential in Slovenia.

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UniCredit and Mastercard join efforts for a multi-year strategic alliance, putting in place a single card multi-market strategy in Europe, with the shared ambition to increase the speed of innovation in the payments space and put the customers at the center. This is an unprecedented commitment first of its kind in Europe.

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UniCredit S.p.A has received ECB authorization for the execution of the 2022 share buy-back programme for a maximum of Euro 3,343 million. This approval was based on financial information provided by the Company that exhibited significant strength in its capital levels and best-in-class organic capital generation. Combined with the robustness of the liquidity position, these ensure that the business can weather stress scenarios from a position of strength.

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According to Moje Finance magazine, the Amundi funds, which complement UniCredit Bank's offer, are also among the best localy available mutual funds this year. Amundi Funds Pioneer Global Equity received awards in the two most prestigious categories of global equity funds for three and ten years. In own category, the Amundi Funds US Pioneer Fund and Amundi Funds Emerging World Equity received awards for the ten-year period.

The Best Mutual Fund 2023 certificate is an award granted by the Moje Finance magazine, which conducted a survey of mutual funds on the Slovenian market.