Banca CR Firenze
Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze SpA known as Banca CR Firenze or Carifirenze, is an Italian bank. Once a listed company, the group now part of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2007.
History
Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (The Saving Bank of Florence) was found on 30 March 1829. In 1992, due to Legge Amato, the banking operation and the ownership were separated into a S.p.A. (private limited company) and Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. In 1997 the bank acquired 51% shares of Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia as well as the saving banks of Civitavecchia and Orvieto. After multiple deals, Banca CR Firenze reached 51% ownership of Civitavecchia and 73.6% of Orvieto.
Listed company
In November 1999 the "ente" sold the shares of the bank to Sanpaolo IMI and BNP Paribas. In 2000 the bank became a listed company in Borsa Italiana, with the "ente" owned 50% shares only. At the end of 2000, Ente CR Firenze owned 43.18%, Sanpaolo IMI owned 19.09%, BNP Paribas owned 6.99%, Ente of Pistoia & Pescia Saving Bank owned 3.95%, Banca Carige 0.82% and Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo owned 0.82%, 25.15% held by public. However Ente CR Firenze also owned 2.57% shares of Sanpaolo IMI as 6th largest shareholder, made the ente directly and indirectly held 43.67% interests on Banca CR Firenze SpA, but not voting rights.
Italian language
Italian (
italiano [itaˈljaːno] or lingua italiana [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language spoken mainly in Italy, parts of Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City; as a second language in Albania, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia; by minorities in Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania and Somalia; and by expatriate communities in Europe, in the Americas and in Australia. Many speakers are native bilinguals of both standardised Italian and other regional languages. It is an official language in the European Union and one of the six official languages of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe along with English, Spanish, French, Russian and German.
According to the Bologna statistics of the European Union, Italian is spoken as a native language by 65 million people in the EU (13% of the EU population), mainly in Italy, and as a second language by 14 million (3%). Including the Italian speakers in non-EU European countries (such as Switzerland and Albania) and on other continents, the total number of speakers is around 85 million. Italian has been reported as the fourth or fifth most frequently taught foreign language in the world.
Province of Florence
The Province of Florence (Italian: Provincia di Firenze) was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy. The city or comune of Florence was both the capital of the Province of Florence, and of the Region of Tuscany. The territory of the province was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.
In 2015 the province was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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Coordinates: 43°46′17″N 11°15′15″E / 43.77139°N 11.25417°E
Firenze (disambiguation)
Firenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence and the Province of Florence.
Firenze may also refer to:
