{{Short description|Italian banking group}} {{Infobox company | logo = File:Crédit Agricole Italia logo.svg | logo_size = 250px | logo_alt = Crédit Agricole Italia logo, the three brands were shown under Crédit Agricole | logo_caption = | name = Crédit Agricole Italia | type = Subsidiary | foundation = {{ubl|1859 (as C.R. Parma)|1991 (as C.R. Parma S.p.A.)|1992 (as C.R. Parma e Piacenza S.p.A.)|2007 (acquired by Crédit Agricole)}} | former_name = {{ubl|Cassa di Risparmio di Parma|Cassa di Risparmio di Parma S.p.A.|{{nowrap|Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza S.p.A.}}|Crédit Agricole Cariparma S.p.A.}} | location = Parma, Italy | key_people = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|Ariberto Fassati|({{small|Executive Chairman}})|Fabrizio Pezzani|({{small|Executive Vice-Chairman}})|Xavier Musca|({{small|Vice-Chairman}})|Giampiero Maioli|{{nowrap|({{small|CEO & Executive Director}})}}}} | industry = Financial services | services = Retail and corporate banking | revenue = | revenue_year = | operating_income = | income_year = | net_income = {{decrease}} €{{0|00}}208 million | net_income_year = 2016 | assets = {{increase}} €55,0 billion (Q2 2025) | equity = {{increase}} €{{0}}5,082 million | equity_year = 2016 | num_locations = {{decrease}} 815 | num_locations_year = 2016 | num_employees = {{increase}} 8,268 | num_employees_year = 2016 | subsid = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|Carispezia|(80.00%)|FriulAdria|(80.17%)|Crédit Agricole Leasing Italia|(85.00%)}} | parent= Crédit Agricole S.A. | owner = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|Crédit Agricole S.A.|(76.5%)|Fondazione Cariparma|(13.5%)|SACAM International|(10.0%)}} | homepage = {{url|http://www.credit-agricole.it}} | rating = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|[https://www.moodys.com/credit-ratings/Credit-Agricole-Cariparma-SpA-credit-rating-600022367 Moody's]|(no rating/withdrew, July 2017)}} | ratio = {{nochange}} 11.4% (Group CET1, December 2016) | footnotes = in consolidated financial statement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gruppo.credit-agricole.it/system/rich/rich_files/rich_files/000/001/202/original/2016-progetto-bilancio-cariparma.pdf|title=2016 progetto bilancio|trans-title=2016 Draft Annual Report|date=5 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole Italia|language=it}}</ref> }} thumb|Historic head office of Cariparma '''Crédit Agricole Italia S.p.A.''', formerly '''Crédit Agricole Cariparma S.p.A.''', is an Italian banking group, a subsidiary of French banking group Crédit Agricole. Crédit Agricole Italia was ranked as the 11th largest bank in Italy by total assets at 31 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbres.it/sites/default/files/resources/download_it/ps_6_8.pdf|date=25 October 2016|access-date=21 April 2017|title=LE PRINCIPALI BANCHE ITALIANE [2016]|work=Ricerche e Studi|publisher=Mediobanca|language=it|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028131823/http://www.mbres.it/sites/default/files/resources/download_it/ps_6_8.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The group serving Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where the predecessors originated, as well as Campania, Lazio, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto, or half of Italian regions.
The company was formerly known as '''Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza''' and '''Cassa di Risparmio di Parma''', or '''Cariparma''' in short; The banking group was formerly known as '''Gruppo Cariparma Crédit Agricole''' (Cariparma and subsidiaries Carispezia and FriulAdria). Since 2016, to eliminate the use of the three brands of the group: Cariparma, Carispezia and FriulAdria, the brand '''Crédit Agricole Italia''' was introduced. A common website ''www.credit-agricole.it'' was introduced in 2016.
Despite not a Crédit Agricole Italia subsidiary but sister company within Crédit Agricole Group, Crédit Agricole Vita places its products through Crédit Agricole Italia banking network; Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, operated as a separate entity in Italy as a foreign company; another entity of Crédit Agricole Group (a joint venture), FCA Bank, has also signed a collaboration agreement with Crédit Agricole Italia.
==History== ===Foundation and early years (1859–1991)=== {{Recentism|date=April 2017}} '''Cassa di Risparmio di Parma''' was formed on 6 December 1859 by a decree signed by Luigi Carlo Farini.<ref name=AOA2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrp.it/allegato.asp?ID=1318419|title=Statuto [2015]|date=22 December 2015|access-date=1 February 2017|publisher=Fondazionae Cariparma|language=it}}</ref> It merged with other regional bank in the last two decades, eventually became the 10th largest banking group by total assets in Italy in 2013. On 16 November 1960 the bank merged with Monte di Credito su Pegno di Busseto (Mount of Piety of Busseto).<ref name=AOA2015/>
===As Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza=== In 1991, due to {{ill|Legge Amato|it|lt=the reform of Italian banking system}}, two entities were formed, namely Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Monte di Credito su Pegno di Busseto (Fondazione Cariparma) and '''Cassa di Risparmio di Parma S.p.A.''', which the former served as a non-profit parent entity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1992/01/15/092A0114/sg|title=Approvazione del progetto di ristrutturazione presentato dalla Cassa di risparmio di Parma|date=15 January 1992|access-date=16 April 2016|author=Ministry of the Treasury|publisher=Italian Republic Official Gazette|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrp.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=4000|title=Chi siamo |date=23 December 2015|access-date=16 April 2016|publisher=Fondazione Cariparma|language=it}}</ref> In 1992 it acquired Banca Emiliana.<ref name=FondazioneCariparma2000bilancio/> In 1993, the bank merged with Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza e Vigevano,<ref name=FondazioneCariparma2000bilancio>{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrp.it/allegato.asp?ID=1174911|title=RELAZIONE SULLA GESTIONE: bilancio 2000|date=11 April 2013|access-date=28 March 2015|publisher=Fondazione Cariparma|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014259/http://www.fondazionecrp.it/allegato.asp?ID=1174911|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> which Fondazione Cariparma held 52% shares of the new company '''Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza S.p.A.''' only.<ref name=FondazioneCariparma2000bilancio/> C.R. Piacenza e Vigevano itself was a merger of Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza found 1860 and Cassa di Risparmio di Vigevano, found 1857.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafondazione.com/fondazione/profilo.htm|title=Profilo|trans-title=Profile|access-date=16 April 2016|publisher=Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano|language=it}}</ref>
In 1994 Cariparma acquired Credito Commerciale, a bank based in Lombardy region, from Monte dei Paschi di Siena. At that time Cariparma had a market share in deposit of 55.8% in the Province of Parma, 5.94% in the Province of Pavia, 1.40% in the Province of Mantua and Cremona, and 0.21% in the Province of Milan (including Monza), while Credito Commerciale had a market share of 0.13% in Parma, 4.77% in Pavia, 5.80% in Mantua, 16.94% in Cremona and 1.60% in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agcm.it/concorrenza/concentrazioni/download/41256297003874BD/2AA90115959A68C9C12560C300214C92.html?a=p1826.pdf|title=Provvedimento N°1826 (C1325): Cariparma / Credito Commerciale|date=2 March 1994|access-date=13 April 2016|publisher=Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216160645/http://www.agcm.it/concorrenza/concentrazioni/download/41256297003874BD/2AA90115959A68C9C12560C300214C92.html?a=p1826.pdf|archive-date=16 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, Cariparma still maintained a market share of 14% in the Province of Cremona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cariparma.it/news/2015/5/26/cariparma-da-oggi-banca-ufficiale-di-cremonafiere|title= Cariparma da oggi Banca Ufficiale di CremonaFiere |date=26 May 2008|access-date=13 April 2016|publisher=Cariparma|language=it}}</ref>
===Acquired by Banca Intesa=== From 1998 to 2000 Banca Intesa gradually acquires the shares of Cariparma by exchanging the shares of Banca Intesa to Cariparma.<ref>[http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/BINTESABILGB2000.pdf?id=CNT-04-000000001D214&ct=application/pdf Banca Intesa Half-Year Report 2000]</ref> The old "CR Parma & Piacenza" shareholder were Fondazione Cariparma, Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano (the parent entity of C.R. di Piacenza e Vigevano)<ref>page 36, [http://www.lafondazione.com/istituzione/bilancio/bilancio2000.pdf Fondazione Piacenza e Vigevano Annual Report 2000]</ref> and Società Bresciana di Partecipazioni Bancarie (a subsidiary of Banca Lombarda). In 1999, Banca Intesa reached 76.58% ownership<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/99consGraficoGruppo.pdf?id=CNT-04-00000000270E3&ct=application%2Fpdf |title=1999 Banca Intesa Annual report attachment |access-date=2019-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140652/http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/99consGraficoGruppo.pdf?id=CNT-04-00000000270E3&ct=application%2Fpdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and finally 100% in 2000. At the same time Banca Intesa also sold its minority share holding on Banca Monte Parma in August 1999 to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, as well as"CR Parma & Piacenza" sold its stake in Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia for another merger.
In 1999, Mediocredito Padano was absorbed into Cariparma.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/Bil99rel.pdf?id=CNT-04-000000001D286&ct=application%2Fpdf |title=Banca Intesa 1999 Annual report |access-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024350/http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/Bil99rel.pdf?id=CNT-04-000000001D286&ct=application%2Fpdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The era ended by the merger of Banca Intesa with Sanpaolo IMI, which trigger the sales of "CR Parma & Piacenza" to Crédit Agricole in 2007.
===Acquired by Crédit Agricole=== thumb|Old logo of Cariparma Cariparma was acquired by Crédit Agricole in 2007. With the aid of the parent company, Cariparma acquired some branches from Italian major banking group Intesa Sanpaolo in 2007 and again in 2011. However, the parent company also started to introduce duo brand '''Cariparma – Crédit Agricole''', which fading out the use of Cariparma.
In 2006 Banca Intesa had a proposed merge with Sanpaolo IMI (eventually the formation of Intesa Sanpaolo). Despite Banca Intesa was formed from many merger by share exchange, French banking company Crédit Agricole was the major shareholder of Banca Intesa for 17.18%, followed by Fondazione Cariplo (9.22%), Generali Group (7.54%) and Fondazione Cariparma (4.30%).<ref name=IntesaSanpaolo2007>{{cite web|url=http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/contentData/view/content-ref?id=CNT-04-000000003F56F|title=2007 Annual Report|date=1 August 2008|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=Intesa Sanpaolo|format=PDF}}</ref> Right after the merger Crédit Agricole held 9.12% shares of the new entity on 2 January 2007, but on 22 January sold 3.6% of the shares for €2.506 billion.<ref name=CreditAgricole2007>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102135/1727346/version/4/file/CAG014_DRF07_VA_COMPLET_BD_300508.pdf|title=2007 Annual Report|date=20 March 2008|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> After the sales Crédit Agricole was the third largest shareholder.<ref name=IntesaSanpaolo2007/>
On 1 March 2007, Crédit Agricole Group through Crédit Agricole S.A. (for 75%) and SACAM International (for 10%, SACAM originally an acronym of "Société Coopérative Auxiliaire du Credit Agricole Mutuel", an auxiliary company for Crédit Agricole regional banks), partnered with Fondazione Cariparma (for 15%), acquired the entire share capital of Cariparma for €3.8 billion.<ref name=CreditAgricole2006>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102158/1727776/version/3/file/CAG010_DRF06_Liv_GB.pdf|title=2006 Annual Report|date=22 March 2007|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> At the same time, Crédit Agricole also acquired Banca Popolare FriulAdria for €836.5 million from Intesa Sanpaolo, with 23.95% shares remain held by other shareholders, as well as 202 former Banca Intesa branches for €1.3 billion.<ref name=CreditAgricole2006/> After the sales, Cariparma immediately acquired Banca Popolare FriulAdria as its subsidiaries, as well as 173 of 202 of the aforementioned branches, and the remaining 29 branches were transferred to Banca Popolare FriulAdria.<ref name=CreditAgricole2006/> After a complex deal, Cariparma acted as an intermediate holding company and head of Italian retail division of Crédit Agricole Group, which owned 78.68% stake of FriulAdria.<ref name=CreditAgricole2007/> At that time Cariparma also owned 49.99% stake of life insurance company Po Vita,<ref name=CreditAgricole2007/> which was renamed to Crédit Agricole Vita<ref name=CreditAgricole2008>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102112/1726934/version/5/file/2008_Registration_Document.pdf|title=2008 Annual Report|date=27 March 2009|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> after sister company {{ill|Crédit Agricole Assurances|fr|Crédit agricole assurances}} acquired the 50.01% stake in 2008 from Fondiaria-Sai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unipolsai.com/en/Investor-Relations/financial-reports/Documents/2008_Consolidated%20Accounts%202008%20Financial%20Year.pdf|title=2008 Annual Report|date=21 May 2009|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=Fondiaria-Sai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516172833/http://www.unipolsai.com/en/Investor-Relations/financial-reports/Documents/2008_Consolidated%20Accounts%202008%20Financial%20Year.pdf|archive-date=16 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Despite acted as the second largest shareholder of Intesa Sanpaolo by 5.8% voting rights on 31 December 2009, Crédit Agricole listed the bank as disposable asset, at the same time, the two banking group agreed to transfer some branches to Crédit Agricole,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/investor_relations/eng_comunicati_detail_ir_price_sensitive.jsp?contentId=CNT-04-000000003F9EE&title=no#/investor_relations/eng_comunicati_detail_ir_price_sensitive.jsp%3FcontentId%3DCNT-04-000000003F9EE%26title%3Dno|title=INTESA SANPAOLO GROUP SELLS CASSA DI RISPARMIO DELLA SPEZIA AND 96 BRANCHES TO CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP|date=22 June 2010|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=Intesa Sanpaolo}}</ref> which under the ownership of Cariparma in 2010 or 2011. In 2011 the transaction was completed, which Cariparma acquired Carispezia, as well as 96 branches directly from Intesa Sanpaolo Group (11 from Banca CR Firenze to Cariparma directly; 70 of remaining 85 branches from Intesa Sanpaolo to Cariparma directly and 15 to FriulAdria), for €740 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102045/1725707/version/3/file/Registration%20document%202011%20CASA.pdf|title=2011 Annual Report|date=15 March 2012|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> At the same time in the first half of 2010, Crédit Agricole reduced the share holding on Intesa Sanpaolo to 4.79% of the total share capital (4.99% voting rights).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102067/1726119/version/3/file/Doc%20de%20Ref%20Credit%20Agricole%20SA%20ENG.pdf|title=2010 Annual Report|date=18 March 2011|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> Crédit Agricole finally sold all the shares on Intesa Sanpaolo in 2012, which Cariparma became the major arm of the group participation in Italy.
In April 2012 Crédit Agricole Assurances S.A. bought the remain 49.99% share capital of Crédit Agricole Vita (CA Vita) from Cariparma for €175 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca-assurances.com/sites/ca-assurances.com/files/pdf/comptes_consolides_2012_eng.pdf|title=2012 Annual Report|date=16 September 2014|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole Assurances|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606062020/http://www.ca-assurances.com/sites/ca-assurances.com/files/pdf/comptes_consolides_2012_eng.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The net asset value of 49.99% stake of CA Vita at 31 December 2011 was approx. €75.8 million (€88.9 million in 2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca-vita.it/downloads/istituzionale/bilanci/CAV_Bilancio_2011_Assemblea.pdf|title=2011 Annual Report|date=19 April 2012|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole Vita|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127222246/http://www.ca-vita.it/downloads/istituzionale/bilanci/CAV_Bilancio_2011_Assemblea.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In September 2014 Crédit Agricole S.A. acquired a further 1.5% stake (13,151,424 number of shares) in Cariparma from the banking foundation for €80 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/content/download/102334/1730947/version/3/file/CASA%202014%20Registration%20document.pdf|title=2014 Annual Report|date=20 March 2015|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref>{{rp|305}}<ref name=2014sale>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/finance/finance/financial-press-releases/credit-agricole-s.a.-has-acquired-1.5-of-the-capital-of-cassa-di-risparmio-di-parma-e-piacenza-spa-cariparma|title=Crédit Agricole S.A. has acquired 1.5% of the capital of Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza SpA (Cariparma)|date=22 September 2014|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref> The net asset value of 1.5% stake of Cariparma Group at 30 June 2014 was about €70 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.credit-agricole.it/credit-agricole-it/system/rich/rich_files/rich_files/000/000/871/original/gruppo-cariparma-financial-report-140630.pdf|title=2014 Interim Report |date=31 August 2015|access-date=27 January 2017|publisher=Cariparma}}</ref> The shareholders' agreement was also renewed to February 2018.<ref name=2014sale/>
===Renamed Crédit Agricole Italia=== In late 2016 the legal name of the bank became '''Crédit Agricole Cariparma S.p.A.'''. One unified website was also used for the three brands of the Italian banking group, as well as one brand '''Crédit Agricole Italia''' was used. The unified brand was announced in March 2016 along with other items in Crédit Agricole Group's 2016–2020 business plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/group/strategic-ambition-2020/strategic-ambition-2020-priority-2|title=Strategic Ambition 2020 – Priority 2 |date=2016|orig-year=circa|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole}}</ref>
On 21 April 2017, it was announced that Crédit Agricole Italia had started negotiating with shareholders, the Bank of Italy (regulator) and the Voluntary Scheme of Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi to acquire Banca Carim, Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena and Cassa di Risparmio di San Miniato, three leading independent saving banks, located in Tuscany and Emilia–Romagna, which suffered from capital shortfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gruppo.credit-agricole.it/comunicati-stampa/cariparma/credit-agricole-avvia-la-discussione-per-acquisire-tre-casse-di-risparmio|title=Crédit Agricole avvia la discussione per acquisire tre casse di risparmio|date=21 April 2017|access-date=7 May 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole Italia|language=it}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 29 September, a contract was signed.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://gruppo.credit-agricole.it/comunicati-stampa/cariparma/credit-agricole-cariparma-annuncia-di-aver-sottoscritto-il-contratto-per-l-acquisto-di-una-quota-di-maggioranza-in-cassa-di-risparmio-di-cesena-cassa-di-risparmio-di-rimini-e-cassa-di-risparmio-di-san-miniato|title=Crédit Agricole Cariparma annuncia di aver sottoscritto il contratto per l'acquisto di una quota di maggioranza in Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena, Cassa di Risparmio di Rimini e Cassa di Risparmio di San Miniato.|date=29 September 2017|access-date=20 October 2017|publisher=Crédit Agricole Cariparma|language=it|archive-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020135643/http://gruppo.credit-agricole.it/comunicati-stampa/cariparma/credit-agricole-cariparma-annuncia-di-aver-sottoscritto-il-contratto-per-l-acquisto-di-una-quota-di-maggioranza-in-cassa-di-risparmio-di-cesena-cassa-di-risparmio-di-rimini-e-cassa-di-risparmio-di-san-miniato|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, the 3 subsidiaries were absorbed into Crédit Agricole Italia.
In November 2018, the plan to absorb subsidiary Carispezia into Crédit Agricole Italia was approved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.trend-online.com/ansa/crdit-agricole-cariparma-incorpora-crdit-agricole-carispezia--328979/|title=Crédit Agricole Cariparma incorpora Crédit Agricole Carispezia|date=20 November 2018|access-date=17 February 2019|website=trend-online.com|agency=ANSA|language=it}}</ref>
In november 2020, Crédit Agricole Italia launched a takeover bid for the entire share capital of Credito Valtellinese at €10.5 per share, with a premium of more than 21% compared to the last quotation and a maximum outlay of €737 million. After an increase to €12.50 per share, Crédit Agricole successfully concluded the takeover bid by acquiring 91.17% of Creval's shares for a cost of €855 million. The delisting of Credito Valtellinese from the Italian Stock Exchange took place on Friday 4 June 2021 following the success of the residual takeover bid and the consequent "squeeze-out", which led Crédit Agricole to hold 100% of the capital of Creval.
==Subsidiaries==
===Carispezia=== Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia S.p.A. (Carispezia) was acquired in 2010 from Intesa Sanpaolo. In 2010 the bank group had 76 branches in Liguria, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. Fondazione Carispezia was the minority shareholder.
===FriulAdria=== Banca Popolare FriulAdria S.p.A. (FriulAdria) was acquired from Intesa Sanpaolo in 2007.
===Crédit Agricole Leasing Italia=== Crédit Agricole Leasing Italia S.r.l. (CALIT) was formed in 2008, which served as the lease finance arm of Crédit Agricole Group in Italy. Crédit Agricole acquired a subsidiary of Leasint, from Intesa Sanpaolo as the predecessor of CALIT.<ref name=CreditAgricole2008/> In September 2009 Crédit Agricole sold 85% shares of CALIT to Cariparma, with 15% retained by the parent company. Leasint itself was a product of merger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2008/01/24/T-08AAB132/p2|title=Gazzetta Ufficiale}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Banks}} * Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna (Carisbo), a short lived sister bank (January to February 2007) based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna * Banca Monte Parma, a defunct banking subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo, based in Parma * List of banks in Italy
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://gruppo.credit-agricole.it/ Crédit Agricole Italia Group Official website] {{in lang|it}} * {{Official website|http://www.credit-agricole.it/}} {{in lang|it}} * [http://www.cariparma.it/ ''Cariparma'' Old website] {{in lang|it}} * [http://www.gruppocariparma.it/ ''Cariparma Group'' Old website] {{in lang|it}}
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