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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbaŋka ˈmonte dei ˈpaski di ˈsjɛːna]), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank.Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 (552 years ago) and established in its present form in 1624 (400 years ago), it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank, depending on the definition, and the fifth largest Italian ...
Monte dei Paschi di Siena group: Brussels: BMPB BE BB Banque CPH [3] Banque CPH SCRL Crédit professionnel du Hainaut Tournai: CPHB BE 75 BBVA Bélgica [4] Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Group Brussels: BBVA BE BB Belfius Bank/Banque Belgian State: Artesia, Bacob (B.A.C.), Dexia, Gemeentekrediet/Crédit Communal Brussels: GKCC BE BB Beobank
Depending on the definition, the world's oldest bank is either Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena or Berenberg Bank. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena was founded in its present form in 1624, but traces its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472. The Berenberg company was founded in 1590 and has operated continuously ever since with the same ...
Mount of piety. The Monte di Pietà in Valletta, Malta, which is still in operation today. A mount of piety is an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from Renaissance times until today. Similar institutions were established in the colonies of Catholic countries; the Mexican Nacional Monte de Piedad is still in operation.
Republic of Siena. The Republic of Siena (Italian: Repubblica di Siena, Latin: Respublica Senensis) was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and its surrounding territory in Tuscany, central Italy. It existed for over 400 years, from 1125 to 1555. During its existence, it gradually expanded throughout southern Tuscany becoming one ...
The Palazzo Salimbeni, located in a piazza of the same name, was the original headquarters and remains in possession of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, one of the oldest banks in continuous existence in Europe. Housed in the notable Gothic Palazzo Chigi-Saracini on Via di Città is the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena's conservatory of music.
Banca Monte Paschi Belgio, Brussels, ... Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì e della Romagna, ... Monte Carlo, Monaco; Compartamos Banco, ...
Banco di Roma was an Italian bank based in Rome, established on 9 March 1880. In the early 20th century, it was one of Italy's four dominant universal banks, together with Banca Commerciale Italiana, Credito Italiano, and Società Bancaria Italiana. [1]: 14 It developed a significant network throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Italian Africa.