Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025
UniCredit named “Europe’s Best Bank” and „Best Bank for Small und Medium Enterprises“ at the Euromoney Awards 2025
- UniCredit Bank Austria received the award for “Best Bank for Large Corporates” in Austria
- UniCredit was also named “Best Bank” in Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Romania, as well as “Best Bank for ESG” in Italy and CEE
- UniCredit received overall 15 accolades across Europe
UniCredit has been awarded the prestigious title of Europe’s Best Bank 2025 at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, in recognition of the outstanding results achieved by UniCredit in 2024 through the “UniCredit Unlocked” industrial transformation plan. In addition to being named Europe’s Best Bank, UniCredit was honored as Europe’s Best Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), acknowledging our commitment to serving our extensive base of 2 million SME clients and 15 million retail clients across 13 European countries.
In total, UniCredit received 15 awards in acknowledgment of its outstanding work across Europe. These awards include “Best Bank in Italy” for the fourth consecutive year, “Best Bank in Bosnia-Herzegovina”, “Best Bank in Croatia”, and “Best Bank in Romania”. In Austria, UniCredit Bank Austria was recognised as the “Best Bank for Large Corporates”. UniCredit's commitment to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) was recognised with the awards for “Best Bank for ESG” in Italy and CEE.
Andrea Orcel, CEO of UniCredit: “We are truly honored to receive this award, which highlights the remarkable achievements of our bank and the unwavering dedication of all our people to our mission of being the bank for Europe’s future. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to every team member across Europe whose hard work and commitment have made these accomplishments possible.“
Dieter Hengl, Board Member Corporates at UniCredit Bank Austria: „As the leading corporate bank in Austria, we are delighted to receive this award as ‘Best Bank for Large Corporates’. It confirms our recipe for success: international expertise combined with proximity to the customer - from which all our customers benefit, especially SMEs. As part of one of the strongest banking groups in Europe, we offer our customers access to global expertise and a powerful network. UniCredit's award as the best bank and best bank for SMEs in Europe underlines the excellent expertise that we also build on in Austria.”
Three years of cultural, industrial and financial transformation have elevated UniCredit to the position of the leading pan-European bank. UniCredit has consistently delivered outstanding financial results quarter after quarter, whilst setting a new benchmark for banking.
The Awards for Excellence were established in 1992 and are widely regarded as the definitive awards programme for the global banking sector, identifying the “best of the best” in all countries offering banking services.
Enquiries:
UniCredit Bank Austria Media Relations
Franziska Schenker, Tel.: +43 (0) 5 05 05-51417
E-Mail: franziska.schenker@unicreditgroup.at