Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata

Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata
Native name
 Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A.
Formerly
 Banca Popolare della Murgia
Società Cooperativa per Azioni
Industry Financial services
Predecessor
  • Banca Agraria di Gravina
  • Banca Popolare di Altamura
Founded
  • 1883 (BA Gravina)
  • 1888 (BP Altamura)
  • 1972 (BP Murgia)
  • 1995 (BP Puglia e Basilicata)
Headquarters 13 Via O. Serena, Altamura, Italy
Number of locations
 137 branches (2014)
Area served
 12 regions of Italy; mainly in Apulia
Services Retail banking
Increase (€2,490,450) (2014)
Total assets Decrease €4,312,275,995 (2014)
Total equity Increase €317,376,347 (2014)
Capital ratio 10.82% (CET1)
Website Official website (in Italian)
Footnotes / references
source[1]

Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A. is an Italian cooperative bank based in Altamura, in the Province of Bari, Apulia.

The bank had 137 branches covered 12 out of 20 regions of Italy. However, they were located mainly in Southern Italy: 75 in Apulia (covered all 6 provinces), 14 in Campania, 10 in Basilicata, 4 in Abruzzo and 3 in Molise (0 in Calabria and the two islands); in central Italy 9 in Lazio, 4 in Marche and 2 in Emilia-Romagna (Ravenna and Rimini; 0 in Tuscany and Umbria regions); in northern Italy, 1 in Friuli – Venezia Giulia (in Pordenone), 4 in Veneto, 9 in Lombardy and 2 in Piedmont (in Biella and Vercelli).

History

Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata was formed by several mergers of cooperative banks from the southern Italy.

Banca Popolare della Murgia

Banca Popolare della Murgia was formed in 1972 by the merger of Banca Cooperativa Agraria di Gravina (found 1883) and Banca Mutua Popolare Cooperativa di Altamura (found 1888). In 1994 the bank absorbed Cassa Rurale e Artigiana dell'Icona di Tursi, a bank from nearby Basilicata region.[2]

Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata

In 1995 Banca Popolare della Murgia absorbed Banca Popolare di Taranto (found 1889) to form Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata. In the same year the bank also acquired Banca Popolare della Provincia di Foggia.[3] From 1996 to 2001 the bank also absorbed Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alto Bradano di Banzi, Banca di Credito Cooperativo Vulture Vitalba di Atella and some business units of Banca di Credito Cooperativo degli Ulivi – Terra di Bari and Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Corleto Perticara. In 2002 the bank acquired 10 branches of Capitalia from Apulia, Campania and Molise regions.[2]

See also

  • Banca Popolare di Bari, an Italian bank based in Bari, Apulia
  • Banca Popolare Pugliese, an Italian bank based in Parabita, in the Province of Lecce, Apulia
  • Banca Apulia, an Italian bank based in San Severo, in the Province of Foggia, Apulia, a subsidiary of Veneto Banca
  • Banco di Napoli, an Italian bank serving south Italy, a subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Banca Carime, an Italian bank serving south Italy, a subsidiary of UBI Banca
  • Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Murgia, an Italian bank
  • Banca di Roma, a defunct subsidiary of UniCredit
  • Banca Mediterranea, a defunct bank in southern Italy, a successor of Banca Popolare di Pescopagano e Brindisi
  • Banca della Campania, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
  • Banca Popolare del Mezzogiorno, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
  • Banca Cattolica di Molfetta, an Italian bank based in Molfetta, Apulia, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Antonveneta

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Le tappe più significative della storia della Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata" (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata (BPPB). 7 August 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Provvedimento N°3204 (C2124): Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata / Banca Popolare della Provincia di Foggia" (PDF) (in Italian). Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM). 28 July 1995. Retrieved 5 April 2016.


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