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.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 and established in its present form in 1624, it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank, depending on the definition, and the fifth largest Italian commercial and retail bank.
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.
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. (BNL) is an Italian bank headquartered in Rome. It is Italy's sixth largest bank and has been a subsidiary of BNP Paribas since 2006. Integration process was concluded in 2008, BNL with its group oversees the commercial banking activity in Italy.
The origins of modern banking can be traced to the medieval and early Italian Renaissance, to the rich cities in the north like Florence, Lucca, Siena, Venice, and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th-century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe. One of the most famous Italian banks was the Medici Bank, set up by Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici in 1397. The earliest known state deposit bank, Banco di San Giorgio, was founded in 1407 in Genoa, Italy, while Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the oldest surviving bank in the world.
"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.
Deutsche Bank S.p.A. is an Italian bank based in Milan, Lombardy. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank A.G..
The Banca Ifis S.p.A. Group is an Italian finance company that specialises in lending services to undertakings, and acquiring/servicing non-performing loan portfolios.
Banca Mediolanum S.p.A. is an Italian bank, insurance and asset management conglomerate which is the parent company of Gruppo Mediolanum. The CEO of the company is Massimo Antonio Doris, and the bank is listed on the Borsa Italiana and is a constituent of the FTSE MIB index from the end of 2015 when it incorporated its parent company Mediolanum S.p.A. Mediolanum Group was founded by Ennio Doris, the current second largest shareholders of the conglomerate. The conglomerate provided asset management, banking, and insurance services to customers in Italy, Spain and Germany
Istituto per il Credito Sportivo is an Italian public bank which was under special administration by Banca d'Italia since 2011.
La Cassa di Ravenna S.p.A., formerly Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna S.p.A. and Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna, is an Italian savings bank. The bank is based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna region. The bank also has branches in Ancona and Gabicce Mare in Marche region and in Rome, Lazio region.
Nexi S.p.A. formerly known as Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane S.p.A. (ICBPI) is an Italian bank that specialises in payment systems such as Nexi Payments. The bank was specialised as a central institution of Italian Popular Bank..
Banca Mediocredito del Friuli Venezia Giulia S.p.A. is an Italian commercial bank based in Udine, Friuli – Venezia Giulia region.
Cassa Padana Banca di Credito Cooperativo S.C. is an Italian bank based in Leno, Lombardy region. The bank served the area around Brescia and 8 other provinces of northern Italy.
Banca di Credito Popolare S.C.p.A. (BCP) is an Italian cooperative bank based in Torre del Greco, in Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania. Most of the revenue of the bank came from the Metropolitan City of Naples, which the bank had 44 branches in the metropolitan city.
Banca Apulia S.p.A. marketed as BancApulia is an Italian bank incorporated in San Severo, in the Province of Foggia, Apulia region. The main office of the bank was located in Bari, in the centre of Apulia region instead. The bank was takeover by Intesa Sanpaolo, after the previous owner was under administration and then being liquidated.
Società Cattolica di Assicurazione – Società Cooperativa known as Cattolica Assicurazioni is an Italian insurance company. According to Ricerche e Studi, a subsidiary of Mediobanca, the group had €5,382,471,000 gross premiums written making it the 6th largest Italian insurance company, or the fifth excluding Allianz, a subsidiary of the German insurer. Research by ANIA, showed the insurer as being ranked 5th by market share in non-life insurance (5.63%), but not in the top 5 in life insurance.
Banca Generali S.p.A. is an Italian bank focused on private banking and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals. The bank is a component of FTSE MIB index, representing the blue-chip of Borsa Italiana. The majority of its shares are owned by the Italian Insurance Group, Assicurazioni Generali.
ChiantiBanca is an Italian bank based in Monteriggioni, Tuscany.
Cassa di Risparmio di Trieste was an Italian savings bank headquartered in Trieste that operated between 1842 and 2002.
