The big Italian bank Unicredit earns much money. In the first 3 months of 2026 it earned a record profit. The profit is 3,2 billion Euros. This is more than experts thought.
Unicredit wants to buy the Commerzbank from Germany. It made an official offer on Tuesday. The Aktionäre of Commerzbank can trade their shares. The time for this ends on 16 June.
Andrea Orcel is the boss of Unicredit. He wants more than 30 percent of the shares. The bosses of Commerzbank want to stay alone. They say: The offer is not good enough. The government is also against the sale.
If Unicredit buys Commerzbank, 7.000 jobs might go away. A plan shows this change. Unicredit owns the bank Hypovereinsbank in Germany. On Friday Commerzbank shows its own numbers.
