Civica Cassa di Risparmio di Verona was founded in 1825 in Verona in the
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia of the
Austrian Empire as a division of the local mount of piety. (law no.2587 of 1927) It was renamed to
Cassa di Risparmio di Verona e Vicenza in 1927 and
Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza e Belluno in 1939. and Cassa di Risparmio di Cologna Veneta, all from the provinces of Verona, Vicenza and Belluno, as well as either mount of piety and/or savings bank origins; Monte di Credito su Pegno di Belluno was absorbed by Cariverona in 1948, followed by the counterpart in
Bassano del Grappa in 1955. In 1946, the assets and liabilities of a rural credit union, Cassa Rurale e Artigiana di Isola Rizza, was also acquired by the bank. According to
La Repubblica, the bank was the fourth largest savings bank () of Italy at that time. in terms of savings bank, behind
Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo),
Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Banca CRT) and
Cassa di Risparmio di Roma. In 1996, the business of a minor bank (a former mount of piety),
Monte di Credito su Pegno di Vicenza S.p.A. was acquired from its banking foundation
Fondazione Monte di Pietà di Vicenza. According to
Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), quoting the figures from the Bank of Italy, Unicredito (presented as Cariverona in Marche region) was one of the major banking group of the Province of Ancona in 1996 (the third after
Banca delle Marche and
Banca Popolare di Bergamo), in term of market share of deposits () of 11%. In 1997, the bank sold the equity interests (12.6%) in
Banco Ambrosiano Veneto to
Fondazione Cariplo, the parent company of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo); in the next year Cariplo and Banco Ambrosiano Veneto merged to form
Banca Intesa, a predecessor and one of the major competitor of UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo. In the same year
Cassa di Risparmio di Torino also joined Unicredito group. After Unicredito group merged with
Credito Italiano in 1998, the foundation still owned 16.532% shares of
UniCredit (known as UniCredito Italiano at that time) at 31 December 2001, as the largest shareholder. On 1 July 2002, Cariverona Banca was merged with other sub-brand and subsidiaries of the banking group to form
UniCredit Banca and other divisions of UniCredit. ==Subsidiaries==