Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata

Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata
Native name
Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A.
Formerly called
Banca Popolare della Murgia
Società Cooperativa per Azioni
Industry Financial services
Predecessor
  • Banca Agraria di Gravina
  • Banca Popolare di Altamura
Founded
  • 1883 (BA Gravina)
  • 1888 (BP Altamura)
  • 1972 (BP Murgia)
  • 1995 (BP Puglia e Basilicata)
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 Increase (€2,490,450) (2014)
Total assets Decrease €4,312,275,995 (2014)
Total equity Increase €317,376,347 (2014)
Capital ratio 10.82% (CET1)
Website Official website (in Italian)
Footnotes / references
source[1]

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

  1. "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.

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