Top List of Banks in Italy
Italy is a beautiful yet complicated country. Its long history, tumultuous adulthood, and picturesque scenery make it a place worth visiting. However, Italy isn't the most accessible place to live globally. While it has many incredible places to visit and things to see, it also has its share of challenges. One such challenge is banking. With so many banks in a small area, how does one know which bank to go with? Well, we've done all the hard work for you and compiled a list of our favorite banks in Italy that will serve you well no matter what your needs are. Here are some top banks in Italy!
UniCredit
UniCredit is a major Italian bank and one of the largest banking groups in the world, with solid roots in 17 countries and an international network in over 50 markets.
By the end of 2017, UniCredit had a total number of 97,775 employees, 3500 branches.
Total Assets: 811.1 billion EUR
UniCredit offers a wide range of cash management, custody services, trade finance, leasing and factoring, debt capital markets, and advisory services.
Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo is the banking group formed by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI, which took effect on 1 July 2007. It is a bank with total assets of 127.4 billion EUR as of 30 September 2017, 21,414 employees, and some 6,227 branches.
The Bank’s products include current accounts, savings accounts, investments, loans, mortgages, credit cards, and insurance products. These products are offered through various channels such as Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Phone Banking, and ATM Network.
Banco BPM
Banco BPM is an Italian banking group resulting from the merge between Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano. The group's headquarter is in Milan, Lombardy region. It was founded on 1 January 2020 and had total assets of €183.685 billion, over 25,000 employees, 2,320 branches, and 6 million customers.
The group operates in retail banking, corporate and investment banking, treasury services, asset management, and insurance. It offers current accounts, savings products, consumer credit, mortgages, various insurances to private customers, as well as cash management solutions & trade finance solutions to companies.
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti is an Italian financial institution. It was founded in 1850 to manage the public debt and the savings of Italian citizens offered by the Post Office.
CDP is a leading public financial institution wholly owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, specializing in managing and promoting public and private capital for national economic development. It promotes long-term investments for sustainable development in Italy and throughout the world, especially in infrastructure projects. It supports energy, transport, water, health, and social housing.
CDP has total assets amounting to 474 billion EUR, and it employs over 40,000 people.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) is an Italian bank. Founded in 1472, it is the oldest surviving bank in the world. MPS offers retail banking products and services to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). MPS also provides corporate and investment banking services, including financial advisory services, mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, equity capital markets, syndicated lending, structured finance, leasing, factoring, and custody services.
As of 31 December 2021, the group had 137.9 billion EUR in total assets, 3.3 million customer accounts, 1,368 domestic branches, 11 branches abroad, and employment of about 21,244 people.
UBI Banca
UBI Banca is an Italian banking group resulting from the merger of two major Italian banks, Banca Lombarda and Banca Popolare Italiana.
UBI Banca offers retail customers financial products such as current accounts, saving products (including saving accounts and term deposits), loans (including mortgage loans), investment funds, structured products, and trading services. The Bank also provides payments (including credit cards) and private banking services.
Besides retail banking services, UBI Banca offers corporate banking services such as lending activities (including leasing), factoring and trade finance to small businesses to large corporates.
Total Assets: 127.4 billion EUR
Employees: 21,414
Branches: 1,812
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
The Bank is present in Italy with a network of 700 offices and branches while abroad, it can count on over 70 branches and representative offices in 60 countries. The Bank's international network has 19,000 employees and total assets of EUR 80 billion.
BNL specializes in the following sectors: retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking, and asset management services. The bank has been operating since 1894 as an agricultural bank with a state guarantee, with the task of serving farmers and local industry by providing loans to finance investments. The Bank has continually adapted its business to meet changing market conditions, becoming a universal bank offering a wide range of products to cater to all customer needs.
BPER Banca
BPER Banca is the sixth largest Italian banking group, with total assets of 136.3 billion EUR. BPER Banca has over 5 million customers, 14 thousand employees, and a network of 1,350 branches across Italy.
BPER Banca offers a broad range of products and services to individuals and companies via its core business lines: retail banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, insurance, and vehicle leasing.
Mediobanca
Mediobanca S.p.A. is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli and Enrico Cuccia to facilitate the post-World War II reconstruction of Italian industry.
Mediobanca has total assets of 78.2 billion EUR and total employees of 4,805.
Mediobanca offers traditional banking services to corporations and investment banking for mergers and acquisitions, debt and capital markets activities, structured finance, asset management, private equity in Italy and abroad. The bank is also involved in private banking activities through its subsidiary Mediolanum Banca di Investimento SGR.
Crédit Agricole Italia
The bank offers a wide range of products and services to its clients, including Current accounts, savings, and term deposits, consumer credit and leasing, Mortgage loans for home-buyers and re-financers, business loans and leasing mortgages, insurance policies covering all risks associated with personal property and health, investment funds, portfolio management services as well as trading in stocks and bonds.
Headquarter: Milan
Total Assets: €52,992 million
Employees: 8,268
Branches: 815
FAQs
Q: Which is the biggest bank in Italy?
A: According to Wikipedia (which I consider a reliable source), the four largest banks in Italy are Unicredit, Intesa Sanpaolo, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Mediobanca. These banks have branches in most major Italian cities and towns.
