Bipop Carire
Bipop Carire S.p.A. was an Italian banking group based in Brescia, Lombardy. The group became part of Capitalia in 2002. Capitalia itself became part of UniCredit in 2007, which the brand Bipop Carire was absorbed into UniCredit in 2008. Bipop Carire was formed as a merger of Banca Popolare di Brescia and Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia in 1999.
Fineco was a subsidiary of the group.History
Bipop–Carire was a merger of Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia and Banca Popolare di Brescia in 1999. It was listed in Borsa Italiana. However the group was suffered from false account scandal in 2001, which the group was then merged with Banca di Roma to form Capitalia in 2002. After the merger, Bipop Carire still operated as a brand and division of Capitalia.
However, in 2008 Capitalia was acquired by UniCredit and the banking group ceased to use the brand Bipop-Carire. 4 former Bipop-Carire branches were sold to fellow Italian bank Banca Carige. The rest of the retail branches was received by the sister company UniCredit Banca and Banca di Roma.Sponsorship
The group was a sponsor of Pallacanestro Reggiana.
