Found in 1842, Carispezia became a
società per azioni in 1992, which split the bank non-profit making ownership (a banking foundation) and banking operation (a s.p.a.).
Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo) also became a minority shareholder of the bank for 25
billion lire nominal value of share capital. In 1998, Cariplo held 30.94% shares of Carinord Holding. In 1998, Cariplo merged with
Banco Ambrosiano Veneto to form
Banca Intesa, which the shares of Carinord Holding held by Cariplo was transferred to Banca Intesa. In 2002, the saving bank of Alessandria was split from the union. Carinord 2 SpA was formed, with Banca Intesa held 41.14%, Fondazione Carispezia held 31.83%,
Fondazione CR Carrara held 27.03%. Fondazione Carispezia was the
de facto major shareholder through direct and indirect holding of Carispezia's shares. As part of Banca Intesa ended in 2003, which Carinord 2 was acquired by
Banca CR Firenze (for Spezia only) and
Banca Carige (for Carrara only). Banca Intesa would receive €115 million for its 41.14% shares on Carinord 2. In 2008, the privatization was completed, thus Carispezia finally acted as a subsidiary of Intesa instead of a loose shareholding union.
Crédit Agricole era In 2010, Crédit Agricole acquired Intesa Sanpaolo's investment in Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia (equal to 80% of the capital) for 740 million euros, as well as 96 Group branches. However, in 2011, as part of
Crédit Agricole further direct investment into Italy as well as disinvestment in
Intesa Sanpaolo, Carispezia was acquired by the French banking group, and place under the ownership of its Italian subsidiary,
Cariparma. The brand Carispezia survived the takeover, despite under the name "Carispezia-Crédit Agricole" in the logo. Nevertheless, in 2016 the banking group started to use Crédit Agricole Italia as their brand, with a new logo for their subsidiary and a common website. Since 2018, the general manager is Gianluca Borrelli, who has taken over from Carlo Piana who has moved to Crédit Agricole FriulAdria. From 21 July 2019, it was merged by incorporation into the Italian parent company Crédit Agricole Italia. ==Sponsorship==