Bank Austria

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Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG

Type
Founded	1855 CA 1880 Länderbank 1905 Zentralsparkasse 1991 Bank Austria (fusion of ZSK and LB) 2002 Bank Austria Creditanstalt 2008 Bank Austria
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Key people	Erich Hampel, Chairman
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Commercial banking, Investment banking, Private banking, Asset management
Revenue	€ bn (as of 2004)
Website	www.bankaustria.at

Bank Austria Creditanstalt is a Central and Eastern European bank, 96.35% owned by UniCredit Group. BA-CA's history goes as far back as 1855, the year the Creditanstalt was founded. In 1991, Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank and Oesterreichische Laenderbank merged to form Bank Austria. In 1997, Bank Austria took over Creditanstalt, the country's second-largest bank. In 2000, BA-CA joined forces with HVB Group. Since December 2006, BA-CA has been a member of UniCredit Group. In 2006 continued its expansion in Russia by acquiring remaining shares in International Moscow Bank and 100% of institutional business of Aton Capital - a Russian brokerage. ^[1]

Since 31st March, the bank is operating under the brand name "Bank Austria" and they have got a new logo to show the connection to the UniCredit Group.