Cassa di Risparmio di Cento
{{Short description|Italian savings bank}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| logo =
| name = Cassa di Risparmio di Cento
| type = unlisted public società per azioni
| foundation = 1859
1991 (S.p.A.)
| location = Cento, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
| ISIN = IT0001022182
| key_people = {{ubl|Carlo Alberto Roncarati (chairman)|Mauro Manuzzi (vice-chairman)|Ivan Damiano (General Manager)}}
| industry = Financial services
| products = Retail banking
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income = {{decrease}} €{{0|000}}2 million
| net_income_year = 2016
| assets = {{nochange}} €2.854 billion
| assets_year = 2016
| equity = {{nochange}} €{{0}}196 million
| equity_year = 2016
| num_employees =
| subsid =
| parent= Fondazione Caricento
| owner = {{ubl|Fondazione Caricento (67.08%)|Ennio & Mauro Manuzzi (10.88%)|general public (22.04%)}}
| homepage = {{url|https://www.crcento.it}}
| ratio = {{increase}} 12.41% (CET1, Dec.2016)
}}
Cassa di Risparmio di Cento S.p.A. (known as CR Cento or Caricento in short) is an Italian savings bank based in Cento, Emilia-Romagna, which serve the Province of Ferrara, Bologna and Modena.
History
The bank was found on 26 April 1844 in Cento, in the Papal States and open to the public on 27 March 1859.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrcento.it/natura_e_scopi.htm?v_lingua=ITA&v_menu_lista=METOP-M0001-M0101|title = Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento}}[https://www.crcento.it/storia/cassa_di_risparmio_di_cento/ITA/M-MP000-MP500-MP501-SM116/ Storia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013093309/https://www.crcento.it/storia/cassa_di_risparmio_di_cento/ITA/M-MP000-MP500-MP501-SM116/|date=13 October 2016}} crcento.it {{in lang|it}} In December 1991, due to {{ill|Legge Amato|it}}, the daily banking operation and ownership were split into a società per azioni and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento, a banking foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1992/01/24/092A0282/sg|title=Approvazione del progetto di ristrutturazione presentato dalla Cassa di risparmio di Cento|date=24 January 1992|access-date=22 June 2016|author=Ministry of the Treasury|publisher=Italian Republic Official Gazette|language=Italian}} Which the bank still majority owned by the foundation, through direct and indirect ownership (Holding Cassa di Risparmio di Cento S.p.A.). Casse Emiliano Romagnole was a minority shareholder for 20% shares, but sold the shares back to the foundation in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1997/06/30/S-16280/p2|title= GRUPPO BANCARIO CASSE EMILIANO ROMAGNOLE - S.p.a. in sigla - CAER |date=30 June 1997|access-date=15 February 2016|work=Gazzetta Ufficiale|language=Italian}}
In October 2017, northern Italy bank Banca Popolare di Sondrio announced that the bank had interested to buy CR Cento,{{cite press release|url=http://www.popso.it/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/2192|title=Banca Popolare di Sondrio comunica la sottoscrizione di una lettera di intenti con la Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento per approfondire la possibile acquisizione della quota di controllo del capitale sociale della Cassa di Risparmio di Cento, provincia di Ferrara|date=14 October 2017|access-date=14 November 2017|publisher=Banca Popolare di Sondrio|language=Italian}} after fellow savings banks of Emilia-Romagna were acquired by BPER Banca and Crédit Agricole Italia in 2017.
Banking foundation
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento currently held an equity of €56 million as of 31 December 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrcento.it/dati/menu/bilancio_missione_2013.pdf|title=Bilancio di missione anno 2013|date=15 October 2014|accessdate=6 April 2015|publisher=Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento|language=Italian}} The foundation sponsored Prize Cento, a prize for literature.
See also
{{Portal|Banks}}
;savings bank from the Province of Ferrara
- Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara, a subsidiary of BPER Banca
;savings bank from the provincial capital of Emilia-Romagna
- Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, a subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo
- Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Italia
- Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza, also known as Crédit Agricole Italia, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole
- Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza e Vigevano
- Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, predecessor of UniCredit
- Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna
- Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia, predecessor of Capitalia
- Cassa di Risparmio di Rimini (Banca Carim), a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Italia
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.crcento.it}}
- [http://www.fondazionecrcento.it Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:Companies based in the Province of Ferrara
Category:Banks established in 1859
Category:Italian companies established in 1859
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