Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia (Cariciv) was an Italian retail bank based in

Civitavecchia Civitavecchia (; meaning "ancient town") is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two pier ...

, in the

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. In 2015, along with two other Lazio-based subsidiaries:

Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...

and

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, were absorbed by parent company

Intesa Sanpaolo Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is an Italian international banking group. It is Italy's largest bank by total assets and the world's 27th largest. It was formed through the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI in 2007, but has a corporate identity s ...

. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia found in 1992 by separating the charity function from the bank, was still operates as in 2016.

History

The history of banking activities in Civitavecchia, could be traced back to the local

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. In 1847 the saving bank ( it, Cassa di Risparmio) was found by the instruction of

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

, the head of states of the

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which Civitavecchia belongs at that time. Father Felice Guglielmi was the first president of the bank, with local

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and commune government were the main funders. In 1992, due to

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, the organization was split into Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia S.p.A. (limited company) and Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia (later renamed from ''ente'' to foundation, it, fondazione).

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: ...

also purchased 28.57% shares of the bank at that time. The bank was later acquired by

Banca CR Firenze Banca Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze S.p.A. known as Banca CR Firenze, was an Italian savings bank. Once a listed company, the group now part of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2007. History Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (The Saving Bank of Florence) was fou ...

(Florence Saving Bank). In 2000 Florence Saving Bank purchased an additional 11% shares (increased from 40%) for 30.7 billion lire (about €16 million). The foundation retained 49% shares until 2014. The bank followed Florence Saving Bank to become part of

in 2008. In December 2014 Intesa Sanpaolo purchased the remain 49% shares for €52 million, as the first step of simplify group structure. In the other hand, the Ministry of Economy and Finance had also introduced reform to banking foundations, forcing them to diversify investments (no single investment (in fair value) accounted for 33% of the total assets). The stake in the bank accounted for 46.66% of the total assets of the foundation, as at 31 December 2013, based on the historical price Banca CR Firenze paid on 15 June 2000. In 2015, Cariciv,

and

, were absorbed by parent company Intesa Sanpaolo. In the last annual report of the bank, Cariciv had a shareholders equity of €76,183,889 as on 31 December 2014.

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* Defunct banks of Italy Former Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiaries Banca CR Firenze acquisitions Banks established in 1847 Banks disestablished in 2015 1847 establishments in the Papal States Companies based in Lazio Civitavecchia Italian companies disestablished in 2015 Italian companies established in 1847 {{Italy-bank-stub