Banca Popolare di Brescia S.c.r.l. (Bipop) was an Italian cooperative bank based in Brescia, Lombardy. In 1999 the bank merged with Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia.[1]

According to Mediobanca, the bank was ranked 30th in terms of client deposits in 1998 (€5,735,732 thousands).[2] In 1999, the bank had a share capital of 600,847,375,000 lire (about €310 million).[1]

History

Banca Popolare di Brescia was found in 1983 by the merger of Banca Popolare di Lumezzane and Banca Popolare di Palazzolo.[3] The bank was the parent company of Fineco Holding (77.4% stake in 1994).[4] The bank acquired Cisalpina Gestioni from Area Gestioni Finanziarie (30%), Area Consult SIM (6.15%), Banca Popolare di Intra (13.65%), Banca Popolare di Luino e Varese (13.65%) and Banca Popolare di Abbiategrasso (13.65%) in 1994[4] (renamed to Fineco Gestioni SGR in 2002; merged with Fineco Asset Management SGR in 2004; renamed to Capitalia Asset Management SGR on 1 January 2006).

In 1999 the bank merged with Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia to form Bipop Carire.[1] On 1 July 2012 Bipop Carire was merged with Banca di Roma to form Capitalia, which was acquired by UniCredit in 2007.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Banca Popolare di Brescia / Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia (12 August 1999). "Estratto di atto di fusione" (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ page 552 "Le principali societa 1999" (PDF) (in Italian). Mediobanca. 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ^ Di Rosanna, Cafaro (21 June 2004). "Il caso Bipop-Carire. La banca ha l'obbligo di esibire la documentazione relativa alle operazioni di investimento" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Provvedimento N°2179 (C1536): Banca Popolare di Brescia / Cisalpina Gestioni" (PDF) (in Italian). Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM). 25 July 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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