Italy had 11 banking group (excluding banking group that owned by foreign banks) that were supervised by the European Central Bank directly. According to Mediobanca, the overall number of banks and credits institutions in Italy stands at 439 in 2022, which is a sharp decrease from the 740 that were operating in 2011.^[1] However, ECB considered ICCREA Banca, the clearing house of Italian cooperative banks federation as one banking group, which the publication of Mediobanca considered the cooperative banks are individual entities, such as Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Roma was ranked 22nd in the publication, while ICCREA Banca and Bank of Italy were excluded from the publication.

As of December 2022^[1]

Rank (by Mediobanca)	Company	Total Assets (billion €)	RWAs (thousands €)	Type
1	Intesa Sanpaolo	975.68		domestic systemically important bank;[2] supervised by European Central Bank[3]
2	UniCredit	857.77		global systemically important bank (Bucket 1) identified by Financial Stability Board;[4] supervised by European Central Bank[3]
*	Bank of Italy			central bank
3	Cassa Depositi e Prestiti	400.69		national investment bank, majority owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance
*	BancoPosta division of Poste italiane			joint-control by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and the Ministry of Economy and Finance
*	Istituto per il Credito Sportivo			a subsidiary of the Ministry of Economy and Finance
4	Banco BPM	189.69		domestic systemically important bank;[2] supervised by European Central Bank[3]
5	BPER Banca	152.3		supervised by European Central Bank[3]
6	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena	120.24		domestic systemically important bank;[2] supervised by European Central Bank,[3] minority owned by Ministry of Economy and Finance (legacy of the 2017 bailout)
7	Banca Nazionale del Lavoro	104.09		subsidiary of BNP Paribas
8	Mediobanca	93.74		supervised by European Central Bank[3]
9	Crédit Agricole Italia	58.42		subsidiary of Crédit Agricole
10	Banca Mediolanum	73.6		Also an leading insurance company, supervised by European Central Bank
11	Credito Emiliano	65.04		supervised by European Central Bank[3]
12	Banca Popolare di Sondrio	53.30		supervised by European Central Bank[3]
*	ICCREA Banca	38.12 [5]: 375	12,834,414[5]: 30	clearing house owned by 300+ regional banks, supervised by European Central Bank[3]
13	Deutsche Bank (Italy)	023.93		subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG
14	Banco di Desio e della Brianza	013.98
15	Banca Sella Group	013.97
16	Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Roma	011.59		Will be part of ICCREA Banca Group as shareholder
17	Cassa di Risparmio di Asti	011.51

Note: Banks with assets less than €10 billion were omitted from this wiki list. Barclays Bank, Italian branch was also excluded

• Banking in Italy

v t e Banking in Italy
Central bank	Bank of Italy European Central Bank
Public banks	Cassa Depositi e Prestiti CDP Reti Poste Italiane BancoPosta Banca del Mezzogiorno – MedioCredito Centrale Istituto per il Credito Sportivo Banca Mediocredito del Friuli Venezia Giulia Investitionsbank Trentino Südtirol – Mediocredito Trentino Alto Adige Finaosta Fincalabra Finlombarda Finmolise Finpiemonte Fidi Toscana FIRA Gepafin IRFIS – FinSicilia Sviluppo Basilicata SFIRS Veneto Sviluppo FarBanca Banca Intermobiliare
Global banks (Supervised by ECB)	UniCredit buddybank Intesa Sanpaolo Banca 5 Banca IMI Mediocredito Italiano Banca Apulia UBI Banca
Nationwide and multi-regional banks (Supervised by ECB)	Banco BPM Banca Aletti Banca Popolare di Milano Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS Capital Services Mediobanca Compass Banca Esperia BPER Banca Banco di Sardegna Banca di Sassari C.R. Bra C.R. Saluzzo Credito Emiliano Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Multi-regional (total assets €30b to €8b)	Banca Mediolanum Banca Sella Holding Banca Sella Banca Patrimoni Sella Banco di Desio e della Brianza Banca Popolare di Spoleto Banca di Asti Biverbanca Südtiroler Volksbank – Banca Popolare dell'Alto Adige Südtiroler Sparkasse – Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano
Multi-regional and regional cooperative bank (Popolari banks)	Banca Agricola Popolare di Ragusa Banca Valsabbina Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata Banca Popolare di Cividale Cassa di Sovvenzioni e Risparmio fra il Personale della Banca d'Italia Banca Popolare Pugliese Banca di Piacenza Banca di Credito Popolare Banca Popolare del Lazio Banca Popolare del Cassinate Banca Popolare Valconca Banca Popolare Etica Banca Popolare Sant'Angelo Sanfelice 1893 Banca Popolare Banca Popolare di Lajatico Banca Popolare di Fondi Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Co-operative banks (BCC) and central banks	Federcasse central banks Istituto Centrale delle Casse Rurali ed Artigiane Raiffeisen Landesbank Südtirol – Cassa Centrale Raiffeisen dell'Alto Adige Cassa Centrale Banca - Credito Cooperativo del Nord Est List of members of Federcasse Fondo di Garanzia dei Depositanti del Credito Cooperativo
Regional retail bank	Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna Banco di Lucca e del Tirreno Banca di Imola Banca di Cambiano Cassa di Risparmio di Cento ChiantiBanca Cassa Padana Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra Cassa di Risparmio di Fossano Banca del Fucino Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo Banca del Piemonte Banca CR Savigliano Banco Azzoaglio
others	Banca Generali Banca IFIS Banca Finnat Banca Ubae Banca Leonardo Banca Farmafactoring FinecoBank Unione Fiduciaria Credito Fondiario Banca Passadore Banca Sistema Banca Profilo Mercury Nexi Setefi
Foreign banks	Allianz Allianz S.p.A. Barclays Banco Santander Bank of China Bank of Communications BNP Paribas Banca Nazionale del Lavoro China Construction Bank Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Italia Cariparma Carispezia FriulAdria Credito Valtellinese Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank FCA Bank Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank S.p.A. HSBC ING Bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Société Générale
Ancient banks	Bank of Saint George Banco di Santo Spirito Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino Medici Bank Mount of piety Faenza Foggia Parma Perugia Reggio Emilia Treviso Udine Verona Vicenza
Related topics	List of banks in Italy Associazione Bancaria Italiana Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio S.p.A. Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi Italian National Resolution Fund