Banca Popolare di Brescia was found in 1983 by the merger of
Banca Popolare di Lumezzane and
Banca Popolare di Palazzolo. The bank was the parent company of Fineco Holding (77.4% stake in 1994). The bank acquired Cisalpina Gestioni from Area Gestioni Finanziarie (30%), Area Consult SIM (6.15%),
Banca Popolare di Intra (13.65%),
Banca Popolare di Luino e Varese (13.65%) and
Banca Popolare di Abbiategrasso (13.65%) in 1994 (renamed to Fineco Gestioni SGR in 2002; merged with Fineco Asset Management SGR in 2004; renamed to Capitalia Asset Management SGR on 1 January 2006). In 1999 the bank merged with
Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia to form
Bipop Carire. On 1 July 2002 Bipop Carire was merged with
Banca di Roma to form
Capitalia, which was acquired by
UniCredit in 2007. ==See also==