Credito Italiano

Credito Italiano
Native name
Credito Italiano S.p.A.
FormerlyBanca di Genova
Company typesubsidiary
IndustryFinancial services
Founded
  • 1870 (1870) in Genoa
  • December 1999 (1999-12) in Milan
Defunct
  • 1998 (1998) (merger)
  • 30 June 2002 (2002-06-30)
Successor
Headquarters
  • 1 via Dante, Genoa, Italy (in register)
  • Piazza Cordusio, Milan, Italy (de facto)
  • 16 Via Broletto, Milan, Italy (2000–02)
OwnerUniCredito Italiano (100%)
ParentUniCredito Italiano
SubsidiariesAdalya Banca Immobiliare
Websitewww.credit.it

Credito Italiano, often referred to by the shorthand Credit, was a significant Italian bank based in Milan. It was established in 1895, succeeding the Banca di Genova established in 1870 in Genoa. In 1998 it merged with Unicredito to form Unicredito Italiano, later known as UniCredit.

Soon afterwards, UniCredit created a new subsidiary of the same name to run the retail network of Credito Italiano. On 1 July 2002, that subsidiary received the assets of sister banks to become UniCredit Banca.[1][2]

  1. ^ Manfred Pohl, ed. Handbook on the history of European banks (Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994) pp 652-55.
  2. ^ Gale Directory of Company Histories. "Credito Italiano" (2012) online