Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata
Native name | Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A. |
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Formerly called | Banca Popolare della Murgia |
Società Cooperativa per Azioni | |
Industry | Financial services |
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Founded |
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Headquarters | 13 Via O. Serena, Altamura, Italy |
Number of locations | 137 branches (2014) |
Area served | 12 regions of Italy; mainly in Apulia |
Services | Retail banking |
Profit | (€2,490,450) (2014) |
Total assets | €4,312,275,995 (2014) |
Total equity | €317,376,347 (2014) |
Capital ratio | 10.82% (CET1) |
Website | Official website (in Italian) |
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Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A. is an Italian cooperative bank based in Altamura, in the Province of Bari, Apulia.
The bank's 137 branches covered twelve out of the twenty regions of Italy. However, they were located mainly in Southern Italy: 75 in Apulia (covering all six provinces), fourteen in Campania, ten in Basilicata, four in Abruzzo and three in Molise, but none in Calabria and the two large islands; in central Italy nine in Lazio, four in Marche and two in Emilia-Romagna (Ravenna and Rimini); but none in Tuscany or Umbria; in northern Italy, one in Friuli–Venezia Giulia (at Pordenone), four in Veneto, nine in Lombardy and two in Piedmont (at Biella and Vercelli).
History
Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata was formed by several mergers of cooperative banks from the southern Italy.
Banca Popolare della Murgia
Banca Popolare della Murgia was formed in 1972 by the merger of Banca Cooperativa Agraria di Gravina (found 1883) and Banca Mutua Popolare Cooperativa di Altamura (found 1888). In 1994 the bank absorbed Cassa Rurale e Artigiana dell'Icona di Tursi, a bank from nearby Basilicata region.[2]
Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata
In 1995 Banca Popolare della Murgia absorbed Banca Popolare di Taranto (found 1889) to form Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata. In the same year the bank also acquired Banca Popolare della Provincia di Foggia.[3] From 1996 to 2001 the bank also absorbed Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alto Bradano di Banzi, Banca di Credito Cooperativo Vulture Vitalba di Atella and some business units of Banca di Credito Cooperativo degli Ulivi – Terra di Bari and Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Corleto Perticara. In 2002 the bank acquired 10 branches of Capitalia from Apulia, Campania and Molise regions.[2]
References
- ↑ "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Le tappe più significative della storia della Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata" (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata (BPPB). 7 August 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Provvedimento N°3204 (C2124): Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata / Banca Popolare della Provincia di Foggia" (PDF) (in Italian). Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM). 28 July 1995. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
See also
- Banca Popolare di Bari, an Italian bank based in Bari, Apulia
- Banca Popolare Pugliese, an Italian bank based in Parabita, in the Province of Lecce, Apulia
- Banca Apulia, an Italian bank based in San Severo, in the Province of Foggia, Apulia, a subsidiary of Veneto Banca
- Banco di Napoli, an Italian bank serving south Italy, a subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo
- Banca Carime, an Italian bank serving south Italy, a subsidiary of UBI Banca
- Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Murgia, an Italian bank
- Banca di Roma, a defunct subsidiary of UniCredit
- Banca Mediterranea, a defunct bank in southern Italy, a successor of Banca Popolare di Pescopagano e Brindisi
- Banca della Campania, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
- Banca Popolare del Mezzogiorno, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
- Banca Cattolica di Molfetta, an Italian bank based in Molfetta, Apulia, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Antonveneta
External links
- Official website (Italian)