Banca di Credito Sardo

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Banca di Credito Sardo
FormerlyCredito Industriale Sardo and Banca CIS
Company type S.p.A. Subsidiary of a listed company
Industry Financial services
Founded1953 (1953)
Defunct2014 (2014)
FateMerged and absorbed
Successor Intesa Sanpaolo
Headquarters
Cagliari, Sardinia
,
Italy
Number of locations
90 branches (2013)
Area served
The island of Sardinia
Services Banking services, retail and corporate Banking
Owner Intesa Sanpaolo (100%)
Number of employees
1,022 (2013)
Capital ratio 15.81% (Tier 1)
Website bancadicreditosardo.it
Footnotes /references
[1]

The Banca di Credito Sardo was an Italian bank headquartered in Cagliari, Sardinia. In 2014, it was absorbed into their parent company Intesa Sanpaolo. [2] The head office building, located in Cagliari, was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. [3]

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History

The bank was founded as Credito Industriale Sardo, ente di diritto pubblico con personalità giuridica propria in 1953 as one of the 19 Mediocredito of Italy, as well as one of the three Istituti per il Finanziamento a Medio Terminealle Medie e Piccole Industrie nell'Italia Meridionale e Insulare (Istituti Meridionale), which were funded by Cassa per il Mezzogiorno. [4] The bank provided medium term loans to small and medium industries from the island. [5]

Due to 1990s Italian law to restructure credit institutions, known as Legge Amato  [ it ], the bank became a limited company (Italian : Società per Azioni ) in 1992. [6] The bank renamed into Banca CIS in the 1990s but remained a regional bank focussed on Sardinia. [7] In 2000 Mediocredito Lombardo, a subsidiary of Banca Intesa, acquired an additional 53.23% stake of Banca CIS from the Ministry of the Treasury  [ it ], making Mediocredito Lombardo owned 55.37% stake. [5] This led to an end of partial state ownership of the bank which the Treasury Ministry had held since 1971. [5]

In February 2009, the 93 branches of Intesa Sanpaolo and Banca CIS were merged to form Banca di Credito Sardo. [8] The merger was formally announced and published within the Italian Gazzetta Ufficiale . [9] At the same time the core business (medium term lending to enterprises) was transferred to Mediocredito Italiano (ex-Mediocredito Lombardo). However, Banca di Credito Sardo was absorbed into Intesa Sanpaolo in 2014. [2]

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References

  1. "2013 Bilancio" [2013 Annual Report](PDF) (in Italian). Banca di Credito Sardo. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "INTESA SANPAOLO: MERGER BY INCORPORATION OF BANCA DI CREDITO SARDO S.P.A. AND CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI VENEZIA S.P.A. INTO INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A." Intesa Sanpaolo. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. "CIS by Renzo Piano". Behance. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  4. Italian Parliament (5 May 1953). "Sviluppo dell'attivita' creditizia nel campo industriale nell'Italia meridionale ed insulare" (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Credito Industriale Sardo - Intesa Sanpaolo". Mappa storica Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  6. Ministry of the Treasury (29 April 1992). "Approvazione del progetto di ristrutturazione presentato dal Credito industriale sardo" (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  7. "Banca di Credito sardo: la nuova filiale". Alguer.it. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  8. "Loans from Banca di Credito Sardo: loans and salary-backed loans" (in Italian). Prestiti it. 9 November 2024.
  9. "Gazzetta Ufficiale". Banca di Credito Sardo S.p.A. (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2025.