During the women’s month of March UniCredit Bulbank will make all ladies happy with the specially created for them bank products, which will be offered in the whole branch network of the Bank. Donna, as the new series of products is called, includes a special deposit, consumer loan, investment loan, package program and a credit card.

“The presentation of our new product series Donna coincides with the Women’s holiday, but for us the focus on the ladies will be permanent, not only in one day of the year”, UCB’s Deputy Head of Retail Banking Tsvetanka Mincheva said. “This is a gesture to the ladies and recognition of their loyalty as clients. The product series is only the first step from an overall program, which we will build aiming to service in a better way women clients, who – as such - have specific needs,”, Mintcheva said.

Surveys show that women-entrepreneurs as a whole have a higher percentage of loan return, as well as a lower percent of failures of start-up businesses. In addition, surveys show that women have better return on loans and in some countries – the companies managed by women increase faster than the other private companies. A survey held by a UniCredit team as part of an international Group project revealed that in USA, for example, in the period between 1997 – 2004 the companies managed by women increased with 17% compared to 9% for all companies.

The bank products from the Donna series developed especially for women have a special design and are adjusted to the ladies’ requirements as a client group and can be found in every branch of the bank. They include:

• Donna deposit – the deposit is for a period of 180 days, whereby the interest is paid out every 60 days. Special preference for mothers with children of up to 3 years, who choose to open Donna deposit is that for them the interest will be with 25 basic points higher than that for the other clients.

• Unico Donna package program – if they choose this program, the ladies will get a current account in BGN and additional one in FX. Both accounts are opened free of charge and there is no maintenance fee or fee for closing. With this program women also receive a free-of-charge issue of a debit card at preferential conditions, as well as a possibility for use of two additional debit cards attached to it. Visa Classic Donna credit card has a special design and is without annual service fee. In Unico Donna package program ladies receive additionally three free-of-charge utility payments per month, an unlimited number of internal banking transfers via electronic channel, “SMS notification” service, as well as Bulbank Online electronic service.

• Donna consumer loan, which can be used for financing of specific personal and family needs, including health services and body care; trips to exotic destinations, post-university education, etc. With this loan all ladies can use a preferential period with interest discount. The interest discount can also be used for the Donna mortgage loan for private investment initiatives.

• Visa Classic Donna credit card – developed especially for women with original design. The card has no service fee for the first year and is with a preferential monthly interest rate amounting to 1.33%, so that it meets the ladies’ desire for shopping.

UniCredit Bulbank is committed to support the campaigns at the site www.save-darina.org and a percentage from the revenues from the Donna products will be donated for treatment of ill children.