UniCredit Bulbank is the Best bank in Bulgaria for 2015, according to the prestigious international magazine Euromoney. The international banking group has won nine awards for excellence for 2015. Three of these prizes are awarded for the whole region of Central and Eastern Europe: Best Bank in Central Eastern Europe, Best Debt House in Central Eastern Europe and Best Transaction Services House in Central Eastern Europe.

“I am delighted by Euromoney’s extensive recognition of our services and thank all of our staff for their hard work,” said Carlo Vivaldi, Head of CEE Division at UniCredit. “The economic development of Central and Eastern Europe is increasingly diverging. New member states in the region have particularly benefited from their integration with the European Union, as demand for their products and services has risen significantly in the eurozone. In this climate, UniCredit’s broad regional footprint is proving to be both balanced and resilient. While our competitors are scaling back their businesses, we are fine-tuning our services and investing in new banking technologies,” Mr. Vivaldi added.

Euromoney also awarded UniCredit as Best Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovenia and Hungary. UniCredit Bank Austria won the Best Debt House in Austria award for 2015.

The awards, presented at the annual Euromoney Awards for Excellence dinner last night in London, were determined by a jury of experienced journalists chaired by Euromoney’s publisher, Neil Osborn.

Since the beginning of 2015, UniCredit Bulbank won the Best Bank in Bulgaria for 2015 Award by Global Finance and EMEA Finance. The largest bank in Bulgaria won the Best trade finance bank award by Global Finance and Euromoney. The international finance magazine Global Finance gave two other awards to UniCredit for the whole CEE region – Best Bank for Private Banking in 2015 and Best Bank for Cash Management in 2015 and another award for UniCredit Bulbank – Best Subcustodian Bank 2015 for Bulgaria. UniCredit Bulbank won the Consensus Economics 2014 Forecast Accuracy Award for Bulgaria, given by the leading economic survey firm Consensus Economics.

About UniCredit

UniCredit is one of the leading European commercial banks, with strong roots in 17 European countries. Our worldwide network in roughly 50 markets comprises around 8,600 outlets and more than 145,000 employees.

Our Group operates the largest international banking network in Central and Eastern Europe with almost 3,500 business outlets (including Poland and Turkey).

UniCredit is currently represented in the following countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary. UniCredit operates in Baltic states through its leasing company.

Further information for clients:

UniCredit Bulbank, Call Centre

Phone number: 0700 1 84 84

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UniCredit Bulbank, Identity & Communications Department

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