OREANDA-NEWS. On April 18, during the annual ceremony in the Grooup headquarters at UniCredit Tower in Milan, UniCredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni and the President of UniCredit Foundation, Maurizio Carrara, presented the awards for the best activities promoted by UniCredit people as part of the Gift Matching Program in 2015.

Under the Gift Matching Program, implemented last year in 14 countries (Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary), UniCredit Foundation doubled the donation given by more than 10,000 colleagues who joined the project, resulting in a total of 3.3 million euros. Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues, the virtuous cycle powered by the Gift Matching Program has provided support for small and large projects which promote welfare, international cooperation, health and education.

During 3 months of initiative in Ukraine bank’s employees managed to collect UAH 21 325 for children with a very rare genetic disease, epidermolysis bullosa. According to the rules of the program, UniCredit Group has doubled the amount of donations, so the total amount of charity aid was about UAH 46 500.

About Gift Matching Program:

Gift Matching Program is UniCredit Group’s largest CSR project and one of the largest philanthropic initiatives in Europe. Every year UniCredit Foundation integrates donations from employees for non-profit organizations. Bank’s employees choose the recipients of charitable aid according to the recommendations of UniCredit Foundation. After the project UniCredit Foundation doubles the amount of charity, donated by employees.

UniCredit Bank is one of the largest universal banks in Ukraine, offering a full range of top quality financial services for individuals and corporate clients.

The renovated UniCredit Bank was created in December 2013 through integration of two Ukrainian assets of UniCredit Group, which had been operating in the local market since 1997. The integrated bank combined power, solidity and wide coverage of PJSC "Ukrsotsbank" with the European expertise, quality of service and flexibility of PJSC "UniCredit Bank".

The extensive retail network of UniCredit Bank consists of 243 branches nationwide, its headcount reaching over 5,500 employees, all of them top qualified specialists.

UniCredit is a leading European commercial bank with an international network spanning over 50 markets and 17 countries, with more than 8,400 branches and over 146,000 employees.

Financial indicators of UniCredit Bank as of 01.10.2015:

  • assets – UAH 43.080 billion;
  • credit portfolio – UAH 28.99 billion;
  • funds of corporate clients – UAH 14.56 billion;
  • funds of retail clients – UAH 14.3 billion;
  • shareholder’s equity (own capital) – UAH 8.22 billion (as of 31.03.2016);
  • statutory capital – UAH 11.539 billion (as of 31.03.2016).