The Bank of Italy is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch,via Nazionale,Rome. The bank's current governor is Ignazio Visco,who took the office on 1 November 2011.
Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013;a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2022 to his death in 2023,and previously from March to November 2013;and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022,and previously from 1999 to 2001. With a net worth of US$6.8 billion as of June 2023,Berlusconi was the third-wealthiest person in Italy at the time of his death. The state funeral of Berlusconi was held on 14 June 2023.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank,with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was initially formed in 1991 by merger of the two prior Dutch banks that form its name,Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and Amsterdamsche en Rotterdamsche Bank.
Banco Real was a Brazilian bank,owned by Spain's Banco Santander. ABN AMRO had owned the bank but in October 2007,a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland that also included Banco Santander and Belgium's Fortis,acquired ABN AMRO and proceeded to dismember it. Banco Santander acquired Banco Real from the consortium,together with some other ABN AMRO operations in Italy,particularly Banca Antonveneta. Banco Santander already owned Banco Santander Brazil,which incorporated Banco do Estado de São Paulo (Banespa). Combining its existing operations with Banco Real will make Banco Santander Brazil the third largest private bank in the country,after Banco Bradesco and Itaú.
Finanziaria d'investimento Fininvest S.p.A.,also known as Fininvest,is an Italian holding company controlled by the Berlusconi family and managed by Silvio Berlusconi's eldest daughter Marina Berlusconi.
Banco Santander,S.A.,doing business as Santander Group,is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally,Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centres as the 19th-largest banking institution in the world. Although known for its European banking operations,it has extended operations across North and South America,and more recently in continental Asia. It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.
Trials and allegations involving Silvio Berlusconi have been extensive and include abuse of office,bribery and corruption of police officers,judges and politicians,collusion,defamation,embezzlement,extortion,false accounting,mafia,money laundering,perjury,tax fraud,underage prostitution influence and witness tampering.
Banca Antonveneta S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Padua,Italy. The bank was absorbed into Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in 2013.
Banca Intesa S.p.A. was an Italian banking group. It was formed in 1998. The next year,the banking group merged with Banca Commerciale Italiana to become IntesaBCi,but the name of the group was reverted to Banca Intesa in 2003. In 2007,Banca Intesa merged with another banking group Sanpaolo IMI to become Intesa Sanpaolo,one of few domestic,systemically important banks of Italy.
Interbanca S.p.A. was an Italian merchant bank that specializes in lending and financing transactions for medium-sized firms. Its headquarters are in Milan and it has 10 branches in major cities throughout Italy.
Gianpiero Fiorani,is an Italian banker and manager who was implicated in the Italian banking scandal of 2005 known as "Bancopoli".
"Bancopoli" was the name coined by the Italian press for the finance and banking scandals between July 2005 and January 2006. The Italian Banca Popolare Italiana (BPI),in competition with Holland's ABN AMRO for control of Banca Antonveneta,was given an unfair advantage by Banca d'Italia's president,Antonio Fazio.
Carlo De Benedetti is an Italian industrialist,engineer,and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen. He was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour by the Italian state in 1983,the Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte and the Legion d'Honneur in 1987.
Aldo Brancher is an Italian politician. He served as a minister without portfolio in the Government of Silvio Berlusconi for 17 days in June/July 2010 but was forced to resign due to a pending court case.
Ignazio Visco is an Italian economist and central banker and the current Governor of the Bank of Italy.
Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media mogul and Prime Minister of Italy who owned the largest broadcasting company in that country,Mediaset. His promises to sell off his personal assets to avoid conflicts of interest were never fulfilled,which sparked controversy throughout his terms in office. Berlusconi is a controversial figure in modern Italian politics:his tenure as Prime Minister was racked with scandalous sex affairs and poor judgement and decision-making. These events were widely covered by the media,drawing outcry from many of his Italian contemporaries and worldwide counterparts.
Rijkman Willem Johan Groenink is a Dutch banker. He is best known as the CEO of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO at the time that the bank was sold to a consortium of banks. The consortium was led by the Royal Bank of Scotland,Fortis and Banco Santander in 2007.
Corruption in Italy is a major problem. In Transparency International's annual surveys,Italy has consistently been regarded as one of the most corrupt countries in the Eurozone. Political corruption remains a major problem particularly in Lombardy,Campania and Sicily where corruption perception is at a high level. Political parties are ranked the most corrupt institution in Italy,closely followed by public officials and Parliament,according to Transparency International. But in the 2013 Global Corruption Barometer report,Italy is in 17th position in front of the United Kingdom (18th),Switzerland (21st) and the United States (22nd).
Banca Popolare di Lodi was an Italian cooperative bank based in Lodi,Lombardy. The bank was absorbed into parent company Banco Popolare in 2011. However,the bank still operates as a division and a brand of the group.
The Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura or BNA,was an Italian bank that existed from 1921 to 2000.
