HypoVereinsbank
“Can a traditional German universal bank become the balance sheet behind marketplace-embedded SME lending in the DACH region?”
Founded1869
HQMunich, Germany
IndustryBank / National
The story
HypoVereinsbank is the German subsidiary of UniCredit (rebranded as UniCredit Bank GmbH). Historically a universal bank serving retail, corporate and investment clients in Germany, HVB has recently pushed into embedded finance via a strategic partnership with Berlin-based fintech Banxware (Dec 2024) to offer digitally underwritten SME loans up to €5 million. In Feb 2026 this stack was plugged into Amazon Germany's Seller Central, positioning HVB as a balance-sheet provider behind marketplace-embedded lending.
Product timeline
1869
Founded as Bayerische Vereinsbank AG· founding
1998
Merger forming Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HypoVereinsbank)· merger
2005
Acquired by UniCredit Group· acquisition
2024
Strategic partnership with Banxware for embedded SME lending up to €5M· lending
2026
Amazon Germany Seller Central embedded lending program with HVB and Banxware· lending
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by HypoVereinsbank
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
In the press
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The stack
7 layers disclosed in HypoVereinsbank’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
HVB Payment Services (in-house)SEPA Credit TransferSEPA Direct DebitSEPA Instant Payments
Money movement
in the full report
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Card issuing
in the full report
Lending
in the full report
Open banking
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
9 more providers across 6 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.