Private company

Cariplo

Former Italian bank

Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde, known in shorthand as Cariplo SpA, was an Italian bank founded in 1823. On 2 January 1998, it merged with Banco Ambrosiano Veneto to form Banca Intesa. Cariplo SpA became a short-lived sub-holding company of Intesa in late 1990s, and was fully absorbed circa 2000.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jun 12, 1823Founded1
  • Industryfinancial services1
  • HeadquartersCà de sass1
  • Founded inMilan1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Milan Cariplo
Photo: Boubloub, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde, known in shorthand as Cariplo SpA, was an Italian bank founded in 1823. On 2 January 1998, it merged with Banco Ambrosiano Veneto to form Banca Intesa. Cariplo SpA became a short-lived sub-holding company of Intesa in late 1990s, and was fully absorbed circa 2000.2

Corporate structure

Cariplo sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The bank was formed on 12 June 1823 by the count Giovanni Pietro Porro, in Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, decades before the unification of Italy. Situated in industrialized Northern Italy, the Lombard firm had become one of the major bank in Italy. In 1926 the bank absorbed Cassa di Risparmio di Voghera and Cassa di Risparmio di Novara in 1928.

In December 1991, due to Legge Amato, the bank, as società per azioni, and Fondazione Cariplo were formed to separate ownership, charity and daily banking operation.

The bank also started its own expansion strategy 1990s, which acquired shares of the saving banks of Alessandria, Carrara and Spezia to form Carinord Holding SpA in 1995, (Ca.Ri."Nord", a joint venture of the owners of Alessandria, Carrara and Spezia and Cariplo) as well as Calabria e Lucania (Carical), Puglia (Caripuglia), Salernitana (Carisal) (the formation of Banca Carime). In Marche, Fermo (33.3%), Ascoli (25%), Banca delle Marche (5.13%) were acquired. In Umbria, Spoleto, Città di Castello, Foligno (18.34%); in Lazio the province of Viterbo and Rieti; in Abruzzo Cassa di Risparmio della Provincia di Chieti, Cassa di Risparmio della Provincia di Teramo and Cassa di Risparmio di Pescara e Loreto Aprutino (20% each).

Other banks acquired were Banca Monte Parma (20.5%), German bank Bankhaus Löbbecke and Hungarian bank Európai Kereskedelmi Bank.

In 1997 Fondazione Cariplo and Cariverona agreed a deal on Banco Ambrosiano Veneto's shares, which led to the ultimate merger on 2 January 1998. On 30 September 1997 Fondazione Cariplo held 13.42% shares of Banco Ambrosiano Veneto and 100% shares of Cariplo SpA.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

Who has led Cariplo, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Giuseppe De Capitani d'Arzago1924–1945
  2. Stefano Jacini1946–1952
  3. Giordano Dell'Amore1952–1979
  4. Antonio Confalonieri1981–1987
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Cassa di Risparmio di Voghera1
  2. Succeeded Monte di Pietà di Cremona - Sezione di Credito1
  3. Succeeded Cassa di Risparmio di Novara1
  4. Succeeded Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Gandino1
  5. Succeeded Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Nese1
  6. Succeeded Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Sant'Angelo Lodigiano1
  7. Succeeded Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Villanuova sul Clisi1
  8. Succeeded Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Manerba sul Garda1
  9. Succeeded Banca Giacobone1
  10. Succeeded Istituto bancario italiano1
  11. Succeeded by Banca Intesa1

Timeline

  1. 1998Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jun 12, 1823Founded Founded in Milan1

Sources

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