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based in Guardamiglio, Lombardy. The bank was a member of Federazione Italiana delle Banche di Credito Cooperativo - Casse Rurali ed Artigiane (''Federcasse'') and Federazione Lombarda delle Banche di Credito Cooperativo (Lombard Co-operative Banks Federation, holding 2.09%).

History

The bank was founded in 1971 in Guardamiglio as a merger of three rural credit unions. In 2014 Banca Centropadana acquired some branches of Banca Farnese from

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. In 2016, due to banking reform of BCC banks (Law N°49/2016), the bank joined a banking group. The reform allowed banks with more than €200 million shareholders' equity to join a banking group or demutualize, forming a

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. Banca Centropadana chose to remain as a co-operative bank.

Sponsorship

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References

Cooperative banks of Italy Companies based in Lombardy Banks established in 1971 Italian companies established in 1971 Province of Lodi {{Italy-bank-stub