Deutsche Bank's Chief Financial Officer James von Moltke actually temporarily ruled out the possibility of participating in trade with the German commercial banks in his remarks on Wednesday. "I believe we have a lot of work to do before we are truly ready to participate in the integration," von Moltke said when asked at a financial conference about the bank's potential interest in its competitor German commercial banks. Italy's Unicredit Bank has been increasing its shareholding in German commercial banks for the past few weeks and has indicated that a full acquisition is an option. Reports suggest that Deutsche Bank has been exploring various options as it contemplates how or whether to respond to this potential trade, which if completed, would create a formidable competitor for Deutsche Bank in the domestic market.