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Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara
Società per azioni
Industry Financial services
Founded 1838
1992 (S.p.A.)
Headquarters Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Products Retail banking
Owner Fondazione Carife (54.82%)[1]
Parent Fondazione Carife
Website http://www.carife.it

Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara SpA known as Carife in short, is an Italian regional bank, based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. The bank currently under administration.

History[edit]

Found in 1838 by Count Alessandro Masi, Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara was one of the oldest saving bank (Italian: Cassa di Risparmio) after Bologna (since 1837), Spoleto (since 1836) and Rome (1836; now defunct) in the Papal States. From 1927 to 1942 the bank acquired Cassa di Risparmio di Copparo, Banca Mutua Popolare di Bondeno, the local mount of piety (found 1508), Banca di Portomaggiore, Monte di Credito su Pegno di Comacchio and Banca Popolare Cooperativa di Argenta.[2]

In 1992, the bank daily operation and ownership also split into a società per azioni and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara (Fondazione Carife).

In 1994 the group acquired Banca di Credito Agrario di Ferrara. In 2002 acquired Commercio e Finanza as well as Banca di Treviso (sold to Banca Popolare di Marostica in 2010[3]), Banca Popolare di Roma and Creverbanca in 2003. In 2004 the bank acquired Finproget. In 2005 Banca Modenese and Banca Farnese (sold to Banca Centropadana Credito Cooperativo in 2014[4]) were acquired. In 2008 Banca di Credito e Risparmio di Romagna joined the group. In 2012, Carife would be merged with its subsidiaries: Banca Modenese, Banca Popolare di Roma, Banca di Credito e Risparmio di Romagna and Finproget.

In 2013 the bank was under administration by the Ministry of Economic and Finance of Italy.[5]

Bank Foundation[edit]

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara is the owner of the bank, which took most of the charity function from the bank itself since 1992. The foundation had an equity of €72,508,074 as of 31 December 2013.[1] Likes other bank foundations, Fondazione Carife held a minority ownership in Cassa Depositi e Prestiti for about 0.01652% (49,000 ordinate shares).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Bilancio consuntivo 2013" (in Italian). Fondazione Carife. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
  2. ^ "Chi siamo » Storia" (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
  3. ^ "Comunicato stampa congiunto cassa di risparmio di ferrara cede banca di treviso a Banca Popolare di Marostica" (in Italian). Banca di Treviso. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
  4. ^ "CARIFE E BANCA FARNESE CEDONO ALCUNI SPORTELLI A BANCA CENTROPADANA" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Centropadana Credito Cooperativo. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
  5. ^ "Banche, Carife commissariata dal Tesoro" (in Italian). milanofinanza.it. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 

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