The Bank of Italy is known as Banca d’italia is The Central Bank of Italy is an important member of the euro system, which is composed of the European Central Bank and the central banks of the eurozone countries. It is situated in Palazzo Koch, Nazionale, Rome. The central bank of Italy is responsible for ensuring price stability, issuing Euro banknotes and currency supply to other banks, maintaining foreign exchange reserves and gold reserves and supervising the country’s other banks. It is noted that the Bank of Italy is the third-largest gold reserve bank in the world. There are three types of banks are available in Italy and these are commercial banks, Provincial banks, or regional banks and Investment organizations.

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The Central Bank of Italy Banca d’italia

At a glance the Central Bank of Italy all Information

Headquarters:   Rome, Italy
Established:      1893
Ownership:       Banks
Governor:         Ignazio Visco
Central bank of Italy
Reserves:         34 440 million USD
Succeeded by: European Central Bank
Website:          www.bancaditalia.it

List of all banks in Italy

There are 27 major banks are currently operating in Italy. Banks in Italy are mainly focused on retail banking, cooperative retail banking and regional universal banking. Major banks are listed below:

• UniCredit
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• Bank of Italy
• Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
• BancoPosta division of Poste Italiane
• Istituto per il Credito Sportivo
• Banco BPM
• Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
• UBI Banca
• Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
• BPER Banca
• Mediobanca
• Crédit Agricole Italia
• Banca Mediolanum
• Banca Popolare di Sondrio
• Credito Emiliano
• ICCREA Banca
• Credito Valtellinese
• Banca Carige
• Deutsche Bank (Italy)
• Crediop Decrease
• Banca Popolare di Bari
• Banco di Desio e della Brianza
• Unipol Banca
• Banca Sella Group
• Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Roma
• Cassa di Risparmio di Asti

For those who consider a career in the banking sector in Italy, this is the top bank list in Italy is very helpful to start his/her career. To get more information, you may visit our list of financial institutions in Italy.

Banca Monte dei Paschi The bank was established in 1472 and is the oldest bank in the world. Its headquarters is located in Siena. It is also the second oldest bank which was established in 1624. The bank offers several types of banking such as corporate banking, retail banking, investment banking, insurance and investment management services and serving to 5.2 million customers through its 2035 local branches and 41 international branches.

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro The bank was established in 1913 and its headquarters is located in Rome. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro is the sixth-biggest bank in Italy. First, the bank was a state-owned company from 1929 but in 1998 it became a private company and is listed in the Milan stock exchange. In 2006, BNP Paribas which is a French Banking group bought the bank.

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti The bank was established in Turin in 1850 and its headquarters is located in Rome, Italy. In terms of total assets, The bank is the third-biggest bank in the country. The bank shares are divided into three parts such as the ministry finance holds 83%, banking institutions hold 16% and rest 1% holds treasury shares.

Intesa Sanpaolo The bank is headquartered in Torre Intesa Sanpaolo, Turin, and it is the biggest well-known banks in Italy and abroad. The bank has 4825 local branches and 1145 international branches. It has 13 million customers and net assets are US$ 690billion. Intesa Sanpaolo provides investment management, investment banking, private banking, retail banking and other banking products and services.

Unicredit SpA THe bank was established in 1998 and its headquarters is located in Milan. The bank has 84,600 employees are serving through 8500 branches to 25 million customers. In terms of branches and employees, the bank is the biggest bank in Italy but in terms of assets, it is the second-biggest bank in Italy. The bank provides its services to 18 foreign countries in the world.

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