ITALIAN UNICREDIT GROUP IS THE BANKING LEADER IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (April 25,2008) - The Italian UniCredit Group is the banking market leader in Bosnia, with assets of 4.1 billion Bosnian Marks by the end of 2007, and market share of 21 per cent.

Hypo Grupa is the runner-up, with assets of 4.09 billion Bosnian Marks and 20.9 per cent market share by the end of 2007. Raiffeisen is third with assets of 3.8 billion Bosnian Marks and market share of 19.4 per cent.

The fourth largest banking group operating in the Bosnian market is NLB Grupa (1.8 billion Bosnian Marks in assets, market share of 9.2 per cent), followed by Volksbank (1.7 billion Bosnian Marks, 5.4 per cent). Intesa San Paolo is sixth with 955 million Bosnian Marks in assets by the end of 2007, and market share of 4.8 per cent. The six hold more than 80 per cent of the Bosnian banking market.
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