United Bank of Croatia

The United Bank of Croatia (, UBH) was a bank in Yugoslavia, based in Zagreb.

Overview

UBH was established in the early 1970s, then reorganized in mid-1983. It was one of nine associated banks that together formed the backbone of the commercial banking sector in Yugoslavia, together with Beogradska Banka and Jugobanka in Belgrade, Vojvođanska Banka in Novi Sad, Kosovska Banka in Pristina, Ljubljanska Banka, Privredna Banka Sarajevo, Stopanska Banka in Skopje, and Investment Bank Titograd.

By the mid-1980s, the UBH was a shareholder in the LHB International Handelsbank AG, in Frankfurt; the International Investment Corporation for Yugoslavia S.A., in Luxembourg; Anglo Yugoslav (LOT) Ltd, in London; Adria Bank AG, in Vienna; Banque Franco-Yougoslave, in Paris; and the , in Lusaka. In addition, the UBH had representative offices in London, Frankfurt and Zurich.

The UBH appears to have disappeared in the 1990s following the independence of Croatia.

See also List of banks in Yugoslavia

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