Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna
Native name | Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna S.p.A. |
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Formerly called |
Cassa di Risparmio di Forlì Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì |
Subsidiary of listed company | |
Industry | Bank |
Founded | 1839 | in Forlì, the Papal States
Headquarters | Forlì, Italy |
Area served | Romagna region, Italy |
Total equity | €307,130,587.59 (2014[1]) |
Owners |
Intesa Sanpaolo (82.30%) Fondazione Cariforlì (10.74%) |
Website | http://www.cariromagna.it/ |
Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna S.p.A., known as Cariromagna, is an Italian regional bank based in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna region.
History
Found in 1839 by a decree of Pope Gregory XVI in Forlì, in the Papal States, Cassa di Risparmio di Forlì (Cariforlì in short, renamed to Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì in 1859) was a regional bank which serves Forlì and surrounding area. In 1992, the bank was split into to two entity, Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (Fondazione Cariforlì) which serves as the owner and a philanthropic organization, and Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì S.p.A. as the company to run bank activities.
In 2000, Sanpaolo IMI acquired the bank minority rights to serve as a strategic partner. Banca CR Firenze also acquired a minority interests on the bank. On 31 December 2006, Sanpaolo IMI held 38.25% voting rights and share capitals, while Banca CR Firenze held 11.614% ordinary shares and preferred shares worth 1.136% of the shares capital. The banking foundation only retained 28.38% as the second largest shareholders. Private citizens owned 20.62%.[2]
The bank was renamed to Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna (in short Cariromagna) on 19 March 2007 to serve for the banking group as a brand used in Romagna region. In the same year Sanpaolo IMI and Banca CR Firenze were merged with Banca Intesa to become one of the two multi-national banking group of Italy, Intesa Sanpaolo (the other one was UniCredit). Cariromagna received branches from other subsidiaries of the banking group to enhance its branch network in the region.
Sponsorship
The bank was a sponsor of local football team Forlì F.C.,[3] which plays in 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
See also
- Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena - another bank from the Province of Forlì-Cesena
- Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna - another bank from Romagna
- Banca Carim - another bank from Romagna
- Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino
References
- ↑ http://www.cariromagna.it/contentData/view/1%20-%20Cariromagna%20-%20Bilancio%202014.pdf?id=CNT-05-000000025C39D&ct=application/pdf
- ↑ "2006 Bilancio di missione" (PDF). Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (in Italian). ACRI archive. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ "Forlì calcio in festa all'Auditorium Cariromagna "Forlì calcio in festa all'Auditorium Cariromagna"" (in Italian). Forlì Today. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- About Us intesasanpaolo.com
- Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (Italian)