UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s., is a Czech and Slovak bank based in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The bank was a subsidiary of Italy-based UniCredit Group for 99.96% stake.

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UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia

Company type	Subsidiary, akciová společnost
Industry	Financial services
Predecessor	Živnostenská banka UniCredit Bank Czech Republic UniCredit Bank Slovakia
Founded	1 October 2006 (2006-10-01) (first merger) 1 December 2013 (2013-12-01) (second merger)
Headquarters	1525/1 Želetavská, Prague , Czech Republic
Area served	Czech Republic and Slovakia
Services	Retail, corporate & investment banking finance leasing
Revenue	16,576,000,000 Czech koruna (2021)
Net income	CZK5.640 billion (2015)
Total assets	CZK570.284 billion (2015)
Total equity	CZK61.506 billion (2015)
Owner	UniCredit S.p.A. (99.96%)
Number of employees	(December 2015)
Capital ratio	14.17% (Group CET1 ratio)
Website	www.unicreditbank.cz
Footnotes / references in a consolidated basis (including minority interests); in IFRS[1]

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UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s. was founded on 1 December 2013 by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic a.s. absorbed Slovak sister company UniCredit Bank Slovakia a.s.^[2] UniCredit Bank Czech Republic itself was founded on 1 October 2006 by the merger of HVB Bank Czech Republic a.s. and Živnostenská banka a.s.^[1]

The parent company of HVB Bank Czech Republic, German bank HypoVereinsbank (HVB) was acquired by UniCredit Group in 2005. HypoVereinsbank's subsidiary, Bank Austria (aka UniCredit Bank Austria), was the direct parent company of UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia until September 2016. In September 2016 UniCredit S.p.A., the ultimate parent company, acquired the whole Central and Eastern Europe division from subsidiary Bank Austria.^[3]