Credito Emiliano
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Native name | Credito Emiliano S.p.A. |
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Formerly | Banca Agricola Commerciale di Reggio Emilia |
Company type | listed Società per Azioni |
BIT: CE | |
ISIN | IT0003121677 |
Founded | 1910 |
Headquarters | 4 via Emilia San Pietro, Reggio Emilia , Italy |
Services | Retail and corporate banking, insurance |
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Parent | Credito Emiliano Holding |
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Subsidiaries | Banca Euromobiliare |
Capital ratio | 13.52% (CET1) |
Website | credem.it |
Footnotes / references in consolidated basis[1] |
Credito Emiliano S.p.A. (Credem) is an Italian bank based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. It was founded in Italy 1910.[2] The company is a component of FTSE Italia Mid Cap Index.
The company has several internal divisions: Credem Banca (retail banking), Credem Banca d'Impresa (corporate banking) and Credem Private Banking.
Credem has been designated in 2015 as a Significant Institution under the criteria of European Banking Supervision, and as a consequence is directly supervised by the European Central Bank.[3]
Credem has received widespread media attention because it stores wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as collateral for loans.[4][5]
History
[edit]Founded in 1910 as Banca Agricola Commerciale di Reggio Emilia, the bank changed its name to Credito Emiliano in 1983. At that time the bank also acquired Banca Belinzaghi of Milan, starting its expansion.[6] In 1991 Istituto Bancario Siciliano was acquired, followed by Banca di Girgenti and Banca Industriale Agricola di Radicena.
In 1999, the bank was ranked 8th in terms of branches on Sicily island.[7]
Coverage and media
[edit]Inclusion in research
[edit]According to a research by Mediobanca, Credito Emiliano was ranked the 11th largest bank in Italy by total assets as of 31 December 2015, despite several banking group being included in the research.[8] If including central banks, postal savings and subsidiaries of foreign banking groups, the bank was ranked 10th (9th among retail and commercial conglomerates if omitting investment banks and insurance-bank conglomerates of Italy such as Banca Mediolanum and Mediobanca).[8]
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheels as collateral
[edit]Credito Emiliano has received widespread publicity from major organizations such as Forbes, due to the fact that they hold wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as collateral for debt, as opposed to holding assets such as gold.[9]
In fact, the bank itself is actually backed by the wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, rather than bars of gold like conventional banks.[5] The reason behind this is that Parmigiano Reggiano cheese not only holds its value, but it actually increases in value, because the more the cheese ages, the more delicious and valuable it becomes.[10] According to the case, "Eighteen-month cheese gives pasta zing. Thirty-six-month cheese makes angels sing."[9]
Shareholders
[edit]On 1 January 1993, Credito Emiliano Holding was formed as the holding company for the bank. Currently owned 75.57% stake, with the rest were floated in Borsa Italiana. The largest shareholders of Credem Holding were Cofimar S.r.l. and Max Mara Finance S.r.l., which in turn owned 29.44% and 8.30% stake of the bank respectively.[11]
Acquisitions
[edit]Between 1994 to 1998, the group acquired the following[12][13]
- Banca Popolare Vittorio Emanuele di Paternò
- Banca Euromobiliare
- BCC Corleone
- Banca Creditwest e dei Comuni Vesuviani
- Banca Tamborino Sangiovanni
- Banca Popolare San Marco Argentano
- BCC Ciminna, BCC Bonifati
- BCC Curinga
- Banca dei Comuni Nolani
- 3 branches of Deutsche Bank in Catania
- BCC San Giovanni Gemini
- Banca della Provincia di Napoli.
From 1999 to 2008 the group acquired the following[12][13]
- Banca Popolare Dauna
- BCC Fortore-Miscano
- BCC San Fili, BCC Jonica
- BCC Alto Crotonese
- Banca Popolare Andriese
- Banca dei Laghi
- Banca di Latina
- Euromobiliare Corporate Finance
- Credimmobili
- Anteprima
Subsidiaries and joint ventures
[edit]- Banks
- Specialized banks
- Credemleasing
- Credemfactor
- Credem Private Equity SGR
- Euromobiliare Fiduciaria
- Euromobiliare Asset Management SGR
- Insurance companies
- Credemvita
- Credemassicurazioni (50-50 joint venture with Reale Mutua Assicurazioni)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2015 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Credito Emiliano. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ srl, AXIS communications. "Credem Group". www.credemeuromobiliarepb.it. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "List of supervised entities" (PDF). European Central Bank. 1 January 2023.
- ^ Knowledge, HBS Working. "A Bank That Accepts Parmesan As Collateral: The Cheese Stands A Loan". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ a b "This bank in Italy accepted cheese as collateral. Here's why". Big Think. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "Chi siamo" (in Italian). Credito Emiliano. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Analyst Presentation: Acquisition of Mediocredito Centrale Group" (PDF). Banca di Roma. December 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2003.
- ^ a b "LE PRINCIPALI BANCHE ITALIANE [2016]" (PDF) (in Italian). Mediobanca. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ a b Knowledge, HBS Working. "A Bank That Accepts Parmesan As Collateral: The Cheese Stands A Loan". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Gene, Marks (April 17, 2017). "This bank will take cheese as collateral". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Estratto dei patti parasociali comunicati alla Consob ai sensi dell'art. 122 del d.lgs. 24.2.1998, n. 58" (PDF) (in Italian). Credito Emiliano. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ a b "ANTEPRIMA Srl - FUSIONE PER INCORPORAZIONE IN CREDITO EMILIANO SpA" (in Italian). Anteprima. 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Storia del gruppo" (in Italian). Credito Emiliano. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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