Unicredito

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UniCredito S.p.A.
Company type Private S.p.A.
Industry Financial services
Founded1994;30 years ago (1994)
Defunct1998 (1998)
Fate Merged with Credito Italiano
Successor UniCredito Italiano
Headquarters,
Italy
Area served
Italy
Owner
Subsidiaries

Unicredito was an Italian bank holding company that existed under that name for a brief time, from 1994 to 1998. It was initially formed by the banking foundations of Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno e Ancona (Cariverona Banca) and Cassa di Risparmio della Marca Trivigiana (Cassamarca) respectively owning 83.5 percent and 16.5 percent of UniCredito's equity. [2] In 1997, the banking foundation of Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Banca CRT) joined the venture. [3] In 1998, Unicredito merged with Credito Italiano to form UniCredito Italiano, later branded as UniCredit. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Provvedimento N°24: Credito Italiano / Unicredito" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca d'Italia. 2 November 1998. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. Trivieri, Francesco (2005). Proprietà e controllo delle banche italiane (in Italian). Rubbettino Editore.
  3. Morreale, Giampietro (19 September 2011). "La fusione di Banca crt e UniCredito Italiano" [The fusion of Banca CRT and UniCredito Italiano](PDF) (in Italian). UniCredit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. "UNICREDITO - S.p.a." Gazzetta Ufficiale (in Italian). 3 July 1998. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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