Endgame for Commerzbank? UniCredit secures 47.6% of shares of its German counterpart
UniCredit could still struggle to advance its takeover project, due to a united opposition from the Friedrich Merz government, unions, and Commerzbank itself...
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Commerzbank maintains defiant stance, urges stakeholders to ward off UniCredit
In a letter, CEO Bettina Orlopp told the shareholders that UniCredit's offer wasn't high enough and the Italian bank had not presented any 'sound plan'...
UniCredit, Commerzbank pan each other after Germany shows door to Italian venture
Germany cited low price and concerns about the UniCredit's “aggressive approach,” behind its rejection of the Italian bank's takeover proposal for Commerzbank...
UniCredit increases Commerzbank stake to 34%, launches new takeover bid
Commerzbank, in May 2026, formally rejected a takeover offer by its Italian counterpart, digging in its heels in its months-long resistance...
UniCredit vs Commerzbank: German lender rejects fresh takeover bid
Commerzbank executives, along with Germany's government and bank employees, have long criticised UniCredit's tie-up attempt as hostile...
Commerzbank rejects UniCredit’s fresh takeover offer, calls it hostile
UniCredit has been pitching for Commerzbank to undertake cost cuts in its international network and rampant bureaucracy in its domestic business...
Is UniCredit building a European banking empire?
The acquisition of Commerzbank shares by UniCredit did not go unnoticed within German political circles...
UniCredit to realise German ambition with Commerzbank bid
The bid comes in an effort to manifest the Italian global banking firm's long-term expansion plans in Germany...
‘Now, we have to deliver even more than expected’
Interview with Cezary Kocik, Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Retail Banking, mBank Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya October 3, 2016 What factors led the transition of BRE Bank from a corporate bank to retail banking and eventually mBank? When BRE Bank decided to establish its retail business, Poland was just past a decade of transition....