ROMA (ITALPRESS) – UniCredit has been awarded for the solidity and quality of its transaction banking franchise in Europe, winning four awards at the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2026: Best Transaction Bank in Central and Eastern Europe; Best Transaction Bank in Italy; Best Transaction Bank in Germany Best Bank for Cash Management in Romania. In addition, UniCredit Bulbank was named Best Bank for Foreign Exchange in Bulgaria at the Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards, awarded last October. The awards, explains a note, reward “the solidity of UniCredit’s offer in Trade Finance & Correspondent Banking and Payments, as well as the capillaryness of its presence in Europe”. Thanks to the combination of the Group’s pan-European dimension and a deep knowledge of individual local markets, UniCredit continues to invest in innovative solutions that help businesses manage more and more efficiently payments, liquidity and trade flows across the continent.
On the front of the trade finance, the bank was rewarded for the significant progress made in the process of digitization of this business. In the last year, it extended the adoption of the Trade Finance Gate platform, now used by 90% of customers as a access point to bank services and by more than 92% for the management of credit letters. In parallel, UniCredit continued to accelerate the digitization of processes traditionally based on paper documentation through innovative solutions such as GuaranteeNow, dedicated to guarantees, and Trade Finance OCR, for automated document processing. The latter today supports more than 90% of credit letters operations in Italy, Germany and Austria, further improving customer experience through greater speed, transparency and efficiency.
Francesca Nenci, Head of Trade Finance & Correspondent Banking of UniCredit, said: “These awards reflect the path to integrating our pan-European dimension with cutting-edge digital solutions and a strong specialist know-how. In an increasingly complex scenario, in which financing certainty is a crucial factor for businesses, we continue to help our customers operate with confidence, while at the same time offering greater speed, transparency and efficiency through a highly digitized service model. We are proud of these results and will continue to support customers in addressing the complexity of markets, mitigating risks and developing their business internationally.” On the Payments & Cash Management front, UniCredit continued to extend PayFX, the solution that now offers customers access to payment services and currency exchange in over 100 currencies. At the same time, he invested in the innovation of payment architecture across Central and Eastern Europe. This evolution is helping to create an increasingly integrated and harmonised payment ecosystem, strengthening the bank’s ability to support customers operating in multiple markets while ensuring greater consistency, resilience and innovation in this area.
Alberto Palombi, Head of Group Payments Solutions from UniCredit, said: “Our ambition is to become a reference partner for business payment services across Europe. Continuing to expand our capacity in international payments and modernize our infrastructure in key markets, we are creating an increasingly integrated payment ecosystem that combines the Group’s pan-European reach with a strong local expertise. This allows us to offer the reliability, transparency and consistency that customers expect when operating in multiple markets. We are proud that these results have been recognized by Euromoney.”.
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