Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna

Cariromagna
Native name
Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna S.p.A.
Formerly called
Cassa di Risparmio di Forlì
Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì
Subsidiary of listed company
Industry Bank
Founded 1839 (1839) in Forlì, the Papal States
Founder Pope Gregory XVI
Headquarters Forlì, Italy
Area served
Romagna region, Italy
Total equity Increase €307,130,587.59 (2014[1])
Owners Intesa Sanpaolo (82.30%)
Fondazione Cariforlì (10.74%)
Website http://www.cariromagna.it/

Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna S.p.A., known as Cariromagna, is an Italian regional bank based in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna region.

History

Found in 1839 by a decree of Pope Gregory XVI in Forlì, in the Papal States, Cassa di Risparmio di Forlì (Cariforlì in short, renamed to Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì in 1859) was a regional bank which serves Forlì and surrounding area. In 1992, the bank was split into to two entity, Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (Fondazione Cariforlì) which serves as the owner and a philanthropic organization, and Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì S.p.A. as the company to run bank activities.

In 2000, Sanpaolo IMI acquired the bank minority rights to serve as a strategic partner. Banca CR Firenze also acquired a minority interests on the bank. On 31 December 2006, Sanpaolo IMI held 38.25% voting rights, while Banca CR Firenze held 11.614% ordinate shares and preference shares worth 1.136% of the shares capital.

The bank was renamed to Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna (in short Cariromagna) in 2007 to serve for the banking group as a brand used in Romagna region. In the same year Sanpaolo IMI and Banca CR Firenze were merged with Banca Intesa to became one of the two multi-national banking group of Italy, Intesa Sanpaolo (the other one was UniCredit). Cariromagna received branches from other subsidiaries of the banking group to enhance its branch network in the region.

Sponsorship

The bank is a sponsor of local football team Forlì F.C.,[2] which plays in 2015–16 Lega Pro.

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