Commerzbank

Net income increased 12% from a year earlier and operating profit hit a record

The situation tests the country’s ability to prevent its financial centre from losing one of its few remaining big commercial lenders

COMMERZBANK is assigning more employees to work in its branches as it seeks to boost the business its does with clients and meet ambitious new targets.

GERMANY’S finance ministry on Sunday denied that the country was considering introducing a law to protect domestic banks from cross-border takeovers as Italy’s UniCredit CRDI.MI seeks a merger with Ge...

UniCredit has since pressed for a possible tie-up in what would be the most ambitious attempt yet at a pan-European bank merger

COMMERZBANK and UniCredit did not discuss a merger at a recent meeting, the German lender’s CEO, Bettina Orlopp, told a local newspaper, saying any tie-up with its Italian peer would result in the los...

THE European Central Bank’s chief supervisor pressed her case for cross-border bank mergers on Friday (Oct 4) as Italy’s UniCredit considered a bid for Germany’s Commerzbank after taking a large stake...

UniCredit’s swoop is the most ambitious attempt yet at a pan-European bank merger

UNICREDIT chief executive officer Andrea Orcel used Barclays and Bank of America to help him quietly build up a stake in Commerzbank, a move that has shaken European finance and triggered a backlash f...