Native name
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UniCredit Banca di Roma S.p.A. |
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Subsidiary (former listed company) | |
Industry | Financial services |
Fate | absorbed by parent company |
Founded | 1992 |
Defunct | 2010 |
Headquarters | 180 Viale Tupini, Rome, Italy |
Products | Retail and corporate banking |
€216.967 million (2009) | |
Total assets | €50.734 billion (2009) |
Total equity | €1.426 billion (2009) |
Owner | UniCredit (100%) |
Parent | UniCredit |
Capital ratio | 12.69% (Tier 1) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references source |
UniCredit Banca di Roma S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Rome, Lazio region. It was a subsidiary of UniCredit Group. In 2010 the subsidiary was absorbed into the bank, but retained as a registered trademark.
In 2008 the bank had 1533 branches: 608 in Lazio, 219 in Campania, 173 in Apulia, 171 in Tuscany, 99 in Marche, 84 in Umbria, 59 in Sardegna, 49 in Abruzzo, 38 in Molise, 23 in Calabria and 10 in Basilicata. (Sicily and Northern Italy were served by sister companies Banco di Sicilia and UniCredit Banca respectively)
Banca di Roma S.p.A. was formed by the merger of Banco di Santo Spirito, Banco di Roma and Cassa di Risparmio di Roma. In 1991 the banking section of Cassa di Risparmio di Roma was absorbed by Banco di Santo Spirito, as Legge Amato required all saving bank of Italy (Italian: Cassa di Risparmio) had to transform into S.p.A. (company limited by shares). The owner, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, chose not to form an independent bank but a holding cimpany "Cassa di Risparmio di Roma Holding" (aka Società Italiana di Partecipazioni Bancarie). In 1992 Banco di Santo Spirito was merged with Banco di Roma to form Banca di Roma. (from plural Banco to singular Banca, and Banco di Santo Spirito S.p.A. (P.IVA 00919681007) was the surviving entity). In 1992 the bank acquired a minority interests in Cassa di Risparmio della Provincia dell'Aquila, which was sold in 1998.
Banca di Roma absorbed subsidiary "Banca di Roma Holding" in 1994.
Banca di Roma became a banking group in the late 1990s which acquired Banca Mediterranea, Banco di Sicilia and Mediocredito Centrale. Mediocredito di Roma, a subsidiary of Banca di Roma, revered merger with Mediocredito Centrale in 2000.
In 2000 Banca di Roma privatized Banca Mediterranea (became Nuova Banca Mediterranea).