{"id":6373,"date":"2025-08-19T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:01:07","slug":"unicredit-completes-merger-with-alpha-bank-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6373","title":{"rendered":"UniCredit completes merger with Alpha Bank Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UniCredit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicreditgroup.eu\/en\/press-media\/press-releases\/2025\/august\/unicredit-bank-romania-merger-with-alpha-bank-romania-successful.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that it finalized the merger of its Romanian subsidiary with Alpha Bank Romania, creating one of the largest financial institutions in the country and marking a new milestone in the group&#8217;s growth strategy. The newly combined bank has 11% market share in assets, 13% in loans (UniCredit Consumer Financing), and 11% in deposits from customers, according to data released by the company.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction, completed in just nine months, brings UniCredit Bank Romania&#8217;s network to around 300 branches and 900 ATMs nationwide, supported by more than 4,800 employees, including those from Alpha Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Orcel, CEO of UniCredit, stated: &#8220;This acquisition and merger of Alpha Bank Romania enables UniCredit to strengthen its market position and\u00a0unlock new potential for accelerated, profitable growth, both for us and for our customers. Alpha&#8217;s long-standing presence in Romania, which continues via its maintaining a 9.9% stake in UniCredit Bank Romania, reinforces our strategic role in Eastern Europe, a region in continuous development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By completing the merger, we become a stronger bank and better positioned for the future,&#8221; said Mihaela Lupu, CEO of UniCredit Bank Romania.<\/p>\n<p>UniCredit S.p.A. acquired 90.1% of Alpha Bank Romania from Alpha International Holdings, a fully owned subsidiary of Alpha Services and Holdings S.A., in a transaction valued at EUR 255 million in cash plus a 9.9% shareholding in UniCredit Romania.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">A<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">ndersastphoto\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UniCredit announced that it finalized the merger of its Romanian subsidiary with Alpha Bank Romania, creating one of the largest financial institutions in the country and marking a new milestone in the group&#8217;s growth strategy. The newly combined bank has 11% market share in assets, 13% in loans (UniCredit Consumer Financing), and 11% in deposits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}