Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo S.p.A. (Carifermo) is an Italian savings bank based in Fermo, Marche region.

Savings Bank of Fermo
Carifermo
Native name
Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo S.p.A.
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded
  • 5 July 1857 (1857-07-05)
  • 21 December 1991 (1991-12-21) (S.p.A.)
SuccessorFondazione Carifermo (charity activities only)
Headquarters1 Via Don Ernesto Ricci,
Fermo
,
Italy
Number of locations
60 branches (2014)
Area served
  • Marche
  • Abruzzo (Pescara, Teramo & Silvi)
  • Lazio (Rome only)[1]
BrandsCarifermo h24
ServicesRetail and corporate banking
Increase €7,059,421 (2015)
Total assetsDecrease €1,720,790,030 (2015)
Total equityIncrease €167,336,368 (2015)
Owner
ParentFondazione Carifermo
Capital ratio16.06% (CET1)
Websitecarifermo.it
Footnotes / references
source[2]

History

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Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo was found on 5 July 1857 in the Papal States, which was approved by Pope Pius IX on 29 April. In 1920s, the bank absorbed Cassa di Risparmio di Montottone, Cassa Rurale di Montottone, Cassa di Risparmio di Falerone and Cassa Rurale di Santo Stefano di Monterubbiano. In 1940 Cassa di Risparmio di Sant'Elpidio was absorbed into the bank.[3]

Due to Legge Amato, the bank was split into a company limited by shares (Italian: società per azioni) and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo (the banking foundation) in 1991 (approved on 21 December 1991; gazetted on 24 January 1992).[4]

Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo) acquired a minority interests in the bank for 33.3% shares in late 1990s. Cariplo also had a minority interests in neighboring savings bank (Italian: Cassa di Risparmio): Ascoli Piceno (Marche), Teramo, Pescara, Chieti (Abruzzo), Foligno, Spoleto (Umbria), Rieti (Lazio) as well as Banca delle Marche (the successor of CR Jesi) and a majority interests in Città di Castello. However, despite Cariplo was merged with Banco Ambrosiano Veneto in 1998, Banca Commerciale Italiana in 1999, Sanpaolo IMI in 2007, Banca CR Firenze in 2008, the foundation remained to control Carifermo, with Intesa Sanpaolo, a successor of Banca Intesa and Cariplo, was the latest owner of the remaining 33.3% shares.

The bank is the only independent savings bank of Marche which is still controlled by the banking foundation; Cassa di Risparmio di Loreto (Carilo) was a subsidiary of Banca delle Marche; Banca delle Marche was bail-out and nationalized in 2015 by Italian National Resolution Fund; both Carilo and new Banca Marche were absorbed by new owner UBI Banca in October 2017.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Carifermo - Filiali". www.carifermo.it. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 Bilancio" (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ "La storia" [The story] (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Approvazione del progetto di ristrutturazione presentato dalla Cassa di risparmio di Fermo" (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. 24 January 1992. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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