History
1964 - Bulbank, 100% state owned, was founded as then Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank (BFTB) with head office in Sofia. 1969-1985 - Representative offices of the Bank in London, Frankfurt and Vienna were opened. In 1998 the bank was reregistered as HypoVereinsbank Bulgaria GmbH. 2000 - Bulbank’s privatization was completed on October, 2nd with the transfer of the Bank Consolidation Company's shares to UniCredito Italiano S.p.A and Allianz AG, which acquired 93% and 5% of Bulbank's share capital. Bulbank sold its share participation in Corporate Commercial Bank (99,9%), as well as that in United Bulgarian Bank (35%) and in HypoVereinsbank Bulgaria (49%). 2005 - UniCredit Group announces merger with HVB Group. 2006 - The process of merger between Bulbank, HVB Bank Biochim and Hebros Bank starts. 2007 - On April 27 is announced the legal merger between Bulbank. HVB Bank Biochim and Hebros Bank. The name of the merged institution is UniCredit Bulbank
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