Formerly | Banca Popolare di Milano S.c. a r.l. | ||||
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Company type | subsidiary | ||||
Industry | Financial services | ||||
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Headquarters | Milan, Italy | ||||
Number of locations | 604 branches (2017) | ||||
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Parent | Banco BPM | ||||
Divisions | WeBank | ||||
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Website | www |
Banca Popolare di Milano S.p.A. also known as Bipiemme or just BPM is an Italian bank based in Milan, Lombardy. The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco BPM. Banca Popolare di Milano S.c. a r.l., an urban area cooperative bank, was founded in 1865, however, due to the merger and the foundation of Banco BPM, the original branches of BPM as well as some businesses were injected into another legal person and BPM's subsidiary Banca Popolare di Mantova, which was renamed to Banca Popolare di Milano S.p.A. on 1 January 2017.
Before the merger, BPM was a listed company on the Borsa Italiana (Milan Stock Exchange); after the merger, only the parent company Banco BPM is a listed company.
As of 31 December 2016[update], before the merger, the bank had 656 branches, including private banking and corporate banking centres; about 61% of the branches of BPM were from Lombardy (390); the group also had branches in Emilia-Romagna (28), Lazio (65), Apulia (36), Piedmont (87), Liguria (11), Veneto (7), Tuscany (5), Campania (2), Marche (1), Molise (1), Abruzzo (1) and Friuli– Venezia Giulia (1).[2]
After the merger, As of 31 December 2017[update], Banca Popolare di Milano, excluding Banca Akros, had 604 branches.[3]