Italian bank UniCredit has aounced better than expected second-quarter profits. Photo: Gaetano Virgalitto/AFP
AFP · 3 Aug 2016, 13:39
Published: 03 Aug 2016 13:39 GMT+02:00
UniCredit, Italy's largest bank, said on Wednesday its net profit soared 75 percent to €916 million ($1.0 billion) on increased revenues and cost cutting measures.
Meanwhile the bank, which has been offloading assets to strengthen its capital base, also aounced it had sold its credit card processing business in Italy, Germany and Austria to the Sia group for €500 million.
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