Found 1857 in Foligno,
Papal States, the bank had a
philanthropic mission to operate a
mount of piety and a saving bank ().
Cariplo In 1992, due to
Legge Amato, the daily banking operation, charity and ownership were separated into a
società per azioni and
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Foligno (a banking foundation).
Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde also immediately acquired 20% stake in the new limited company. The stake was diluted to 18.34% in 1996.
Banca Intesa In July 1999
Banca Intesa the successor of Cariplo, acquired an additional 47.1% ownership from the foundation (reached 70.47% at the end of year 1999), as well as grouped 4 other saving banks in Central Italy (2 from Umbria, 2 from Lazio) to one intermediate holding company
Holding Intesa Centro (which 97.63% stake of the holding was held by Intesa and the 3 banking foundations (except the Carivit Foundation) held the rest ==Sponsorship==