UniCredit S.p.A. (BIT:UCG), is among lenders interested in Public Joint-Stock Company Bank Otkritie Financial Corporation which is opening up its books to suitors, a person familiar with the matter said. The news was first reported by Bloomberg News. Otkritie Bank is owned by Russia's central bank following a 2017 bailout and had been considering a possible bourse listing.

Otkritie Bank declined to comment. UniCredit was not immediately available for a comment.