BANK MEDICI's institutional shareholder is Bank Austria Creditanstalt. Since being founded by the legendary Rothschild family in 1855, it continues a tradition of Austrian financial leadership dating back to 1771, when Empress Maria Theresa founded the Vienna Stock Exchange.

Today, Bank Austria Creditanstalt is Austria's largest bank and member of UniCredit Group, the second largest banking group by market capitalization in the Eurozone.

Bank Austria Creditanstalt operates a comprehensive network of 400 branches in Austria and serves more than 1.8 million private customers and 120,000 corporate clients. Four out of five large Austrian companies are clients of Bank Austria Creditanstalt. Its customer base also includes 70 per cent of all medium-sized businesses in Austria and makes the bank the leading provider of finance to the Austrian business sector.

The UniCredit Group is among Europe's leading bank groups. It features a network of 7.400 branches and strong local roots in 20 European countries. This is in addition to 40 other countries around the globe. More than 135.000 employees service 35 million clients. The Central and Eastern European network of UniCredit Group currently comprises 17 countries and 3.100 branches - making it the clear Number 1 in this region.