The meeting is a first round of talks between the two banks as the Italian lender presses for a possible tie-up and Commerzbank hones its defence ...

Helping UniCredit build its stake in Commerzbank is a coup for Barclays, as it tries to climb in investment banking under new ...

Commerzbank will commence discussions with UniCredit, which has acquired a 9% stake in the German bank, to explore a possible merger. This move comes amidst political challenges in Germany and ...

Commerzbank management will meet with UniCredit for the first time on Friday after the Italian bank recently boosted its stake in its German peer. Bettina Orlopp, Commerzbank's finance chief who will ...

The merger between Unicredit and Commerzbank is no longer just a financial transaction: it has become a battlefield between ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank's supervisory and management boards have confirmed the bank's current strategy, which is ...

Appearing a day before Orlopp at the BofA conference, UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel clarified that he saw Commerzbank as “an investment and nothing else.” Rumors have amplified this month, however, that ...

Unicredit revises upwards the profit forecasts for the current year and takes a step aside on the possibility of acquiring ...

By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - For decades, Andrea Orcel was the 'rainmaker' who CEOs turned to for advice on the ...

Andrea Orcel, previously a sought-after advisor on major banking deals, is now steering UniCredit through a major challenge: navigating the political and financial hurdles of cross-border mergers in ...

The Italian CEO said a tie-up with Germany’s second-largest lender would be best, but only under the right terms. Meanwhile, if Commerzbank is looking for a lifeline, it won’t be from Deutsche Bank.

Manfred Knof will step down as Commerzbank CEO earlier than planned, Germany's second biggest lender said Wednesday, amid talk of a potential takeover by Italian rival UniCredit.