Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria

Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria
Formerly	Anonima della Seta
Type	subsidiary of a listed company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1888
Defunct	2016
Fate	absorbed by the parent company
Headquarters	33 via Moscova, Milan, Italy
Area served	Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio and Tuscany
Net income	€35,842,746 (2014)
Total assets	€9,314,243,576 (2014)
Total equity	€1,204,580,860 (2014)
Owner	UBI Banca (83.7631%)[1]
Parent	UBI Banca
Capital ratio	19.11% (Tier 1)[2]

Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria S.p.A. (BPCI) was an Italian bank based in Milan, Lombardy. Found in 1888, the bank absorbed other banks in the 20th century, as well as forming bank group with other banks in the first decade of the 21st century. However, in late 2016 the bank was absorbed by parent company UBI Banca, becoming a defunct brand.

As of 31 December 2014 BPCI had 196 branches, 148 of them in Lombardy, followed by 27 in Emilia-Romagna, 20 in Lazio and 1 in Tuscany.

History

In 2010, Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria sold 87 branches to sister companies, as well as acquired 134 branches. Moreover, Banca Regionale Europea (BRE), formed by a merger of Lombard and Piedmontese bank (Banca del Monte di Lombardia and Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo), retained only one branch in Lombardy. One of the minority owner of BRE, the banking foundation of Banca del Monte di Lombardia, acquired the shares of BPCI from UBI Banca, at the same time sold all the shares of BRE to UBI Banca. As of 31 December 2010, UBI Banca owned 75.077% shares of BPCI, followed by the banking foundation (16.237%) and Aviva S.p.A. (8.686%).[3] Before the transaction, Aviva held 16.64% and the rest by UBI Banca.[4]

Timeline

1963 Incorporated Cassa San Alessandro di Bergamo
1968 Acquired Banca Toljia
1977 Incorporated Banca Popolare di Codogno
1980 Incorporated Credito Lodigiano
1991 Incorporated Banca Popolare di Vigevano
1996 Acquired Banca Popolare di Luino e di Varese
2001 Acquired Banca Carime
2003 merged with Banca Popolare di Bergamo to form Banche Popolari Unite Group
2007 Banche Popolari Unite merged with Banca Lombarda e Piemontese to form UBI Banca
2010 Internal reorganization with Banca Regionale Europea, Banca Popolare di Bergamo and Banco di Brescia
2016 Absorbed by UBI Banca, former headquarter at 33 via Moscova sold to Sericon Investment Fund, managed by Savills Investment Management SGR[5]

References

"Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
"Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
"0270_ BPCI_BILANCIO_2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-06.
"Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
"UBI Banca sells its property located at 33 via Moscova (the former headquarters of Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria) to Sericon Investment Fund" (PDF). UBI Banca. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

archive at Borsa Italiana (in Italian)
Storia (in Italian)

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[1] "Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[2] "Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[3] "0270_ BPCI_BILANCIO_2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[4] "Data" (PDF). www.ubibanca.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[5] "UBI Banca sells its property located at 33 via Moscova (the former headquarters of Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria) to Sericon Investment Fund" (PDF). UBI Banca. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.