Banca Popolare di Lodi

Banca Popolare di Lodi was an Italian cooperative bank based in Lodi, Lombardy. The bank was absorbed into parent company Banco Popolare in 2011. However, the bank still operates as a division and a brand of the group.

History

Banca Popolare di Lodi was found in 1864.[1] In 1990s it became Banca Popolare di Lodi S.c.a.r.l., also known as Bipielle Group (sound likes BPL). The bank also acquired bank as its subsidiaries, such as Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Pisa and Livorno in 1999, Imola in 2000, Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure in 2003 and Istituto di Credito delle Casse di Risparmio Italiane. BPL owned 19.99% of Südtiroler Sparkasse – Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano until 2006–07.[2] BPL was the major shareholders of Banca Caripe from 2003 to 2011. From 2003 to 2006 the sub-holding Reti Bancarie was a list company, which also held the shares of Banca Popolare di Crema (95.01%), Banca Popolare di Cremona (94.81%), Banca Popolare di Mantova (56.35%), Banca Valori (77.70%), Bipielle Società di Gestione del Credito (70% directly; 30% held by CR Lucca), Bipielle International Holding (90%; including Bipielle Bank (Suisse), Bipielle International UK and Bipielle Servizi) in 2003. The bank also involved in the Bancopoli scandal, which the bank sold all the shares of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in 2006. In 2005 the company was named as Banca Popolare Italiana.

In 2007 the bank merged with Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara to form Banco Popolare S.C. The bank was retained as a sub-holding company as Banca Popolare di Lodi S.p.A.. The bank also swapped branches with sister companies Banca Popolare di Novara and Banca Popolare di Verona – S.Geminiano e S.Prospero, in order to specialize in Lombardy (part), Romagna and Sicily.

In 2008, the BPL relaunched CR Imola and Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure as their brands.

In 2011 the company was absorbed into Banco Popolare. However it retained as a division of the bank, which included the department of CR Lucca, and a department that cover Lodi and former area belongs to Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure, Banca Popolare di Cremona and Banca Popolare di Crema. However, former branches in Sicily was managed by Banco Popolare Siciliano, a department of bank division BPN instead.

References

  1. "La Storia" (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Lodi. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. "Raggiunto l’accordo per la cessione alla Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano di 360.000 azioni della Cassa di risparmio di Bolzano, pari al 10% del capitale sociale." (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Lodi. 2 October 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
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