Banco di Roma was an Italian bank based in Rome, Lazio region. It was established on 9 March 1880. Along with

Credito Italiano Credito Italiano also known as just Credit, was an Italian bank, now part of UniCredit. It was merged with Unicredito in 1998, forming Unicredito Italiano (now UniCredit). Circa 1999 to 2002 UniCredit created a new subsidiary of the same name to ...

and

Banca Commerciale Italiana Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT), founded in 1894, was once one of the largest banks in Italy. In 1999 it merged with a banking group consisting of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (aka Cariplo; est. 1823) and Banco Ambroveneto, wh ...

they were considered as bank of national interests. In 1991 the bank was merged with

Banco di Santo Spirito The Bank of the Holy Spirit ( it, Il Banco di Santo Spirito) was a bank founded by Pope Paul V on December 13, 1605. The bank was the first national bank in Europe (as the bank of the Papal States), the first public deposit bank in Rome, and the o ...

and Cassa di Risparmio di Roma to form

Banca di Roma UniCredit Banca di Roma S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Rome, Lazio region. It was a subsidiary of UniCredit Group. In 2010 the subsidiary was absorbed into the bank, but retained as a registered trademark. In 2008 the bank had 1533 branches: ...

, a predecessor of

Capitalia Capitalia was an Italian banking group headquartered in Rome. The bank was a listed company in Borsa Italiana (Milan Stock Exchange). The bank was acquired by UniCredit by issuing new shares of UniCredit for shares of Capitalia. History Capitali ...

(which was acquired by

UniCredit UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank (according to the list provided by the Financial Stability Board in 2022) and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was for ...

in 2007). Banco di Roma also owned a reported 30% stake in a Belgian bank in 1989. The Belgian subsidiary, Banco di Roma (Belgio) S.A., was acquired by

Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank ...

(MPS) in 1992. Banco di Roma also sold subsidiary

Banco di Perugia Banco may refer to: Places * Banc (Barcelona Metro), also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro * Banco, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Banco, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Banco National Park, a nation ...

Banca Toscana Banca may refer to: Places * Bangka Island, an island lying east of Sumatra, part of Indonesia * Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'', France * Banca, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania, Australia * ...

, a subsidiary of MPS in 1990.

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