Carispezia

Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia SpA or Carispezia in short, is an Italian regional bank, which is part of Cariparma Group, the Italian arm of French banking group Crédit Agricole.

History

Found in 1842, Carispezia became Società per azioni in 1992, which a new legislation split the bank non-profit making ownership and banking operation.

Cariplo & Banca Intesa era

In 1995, Carispezia was merged with the saving bank of Alessandria and Carrara, with Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo) and the foundations became the new shareholder of a new holding company Carinord Holding SpA (acronym of Cassa di Risparmio Nord), which held 68.09% of Carispezia shares, and 31.91% shares remain held by Fondazione Carispezia. 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.