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Germany's Financial Watchdog Faults UniCredit Tactics in Commerzbank ...

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Germany’s banking watchdog, BaFin, has taken the unusual step of prohibiting UniCredit from making defamatory statements about the financial health of Commerzbank. The directive comes amidst a months-long takeover bid by the Italian lender for its German rival, marking a significant intervention by the regulator in a heated cross-border financial dispute. The unprecedented measure by BaFin was prompted by UniCredit’s actions, which included a so…

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According to Bafin, the German market authority, the messages to launch the offer of the institute led by Orcel are not objective. The bank: "Interesse di tu ...

·Turin, Italy
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One wanted to convey a "positive vision" of the common future, says the Unicredit. The message does not seem to have caught - at least with the German financial supervision.

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In contributions on LinkedIn, UniCredit stabbed Commerzbank. This is what the Financial Supervisory Authority has called for: it is "inadmissible advertising".

·Germany
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The Financial Supervisory Authority sees negative advertising in LinkedIn ads against Commerzbank as an inadmissible influence on shareholders.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority intervenes in a campaign of UniCredit, the parent company of Bank Austria, in the takeover fight for the German Commerzbank. BaFin prohibited the Italian big bank from advertising advertisements against Commerzbank, which it had published in social media. Advertising was classified as inadmissible. The authority reprimanded the rogue and indiscriminate presentation of the advertisements. [...]

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, April 24, 2026.
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