Banca Popolare di Milano
Company type | Spa |
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Founded | 1865, refounded on 1 January 2017 |
Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Key people | Giuseppe Castagna (CEO)[1] |
Services | Retail, investment and private banking |
Number of employees | 7000 |
Parent | Banco BPM |
Subsidiaries | WeBank, Akros Bank, ProFamily |
Website | bpm.it |
Banca Popolare di Milano (also informally known as Bipiemme or BPM) is an Italian bank based in Milan, Italy, refounded in 2017 as part of the Italian Banco BPM Spa bank, although the original was founded in 1865.
History
Banca Popolare di Milano Spa was considered the second cooperative bank in Italy and it was originally founded in 1865[2] in Milan, Italy by Luigi Luzzatti.
BPM has grown considerably since the 1950s by buying interests in other banks such as former Banca Popolare di Roma, la Banca Briantea, Banca Agricola Milanese, Banca Popolare Cooperativa Vogherese, Banca Popolare di Bologna e Ferrara, Banca Popolare di Apricena, INA Banca, Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria, Banca di Legnano and Banca Popolare di Mantova.
In 1999 Banca Popolare di Milano opened an online banking service called WeBank.
On 15 October 2016 the merger between Banca Popolare di Milano and Banco BPM bank was approved by the extraordinary shareholders meetings of the two banks.
Giuseppe Castagna CEO Illegal Activities
2016: Illegal Fundings to get business favors and Money Laundering
The current Banca Popolare di Milano CEO Giuseppe Castagna has been investigated because he gave bank fundings for millions Euro towards his friends to receive business favors in 2016.[3][4]
2017: Insider Trading Issue
BPM CEO Giuseppe Castagna has been involved due insider trading practices for Banca Popolare di Milano in 2017.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.bpm.it/it-com/la-banca/governance.html
- ^ "Statuto" [Articles of association] (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Milano. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/07/01/riciclaggio-i-soldi-nelle-casseforti-lussemburghesi-di-intesa-sanpaolo-e-ubi-e-quellinchiesta-archiviata/2874832/
- ^ http://espresso.repubblica.it/archivio/2016/06/30/news/soldi-in-lussemburgo-ecco-i-nomi-1.275482
- ^ https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/01/13/nozze-banco-bpm-procura-milano-apre-un-fascicolo-dindagine-per-aggiotaggio/3315277/