In 2021, the acquisition from the Intesa Sanpaolo Group of the banking business complex consisting of 486 Branches and 134 Operational Points was completed, the geographical distribution of which expresses a high concentration in Northern Italy, in particular in Lombardy.
Over a century of history: solid roots, looking to the future
Over a century of history: solid roots, looking to the future
For over 150 years, we have chosen to grow alongside the people who place their trust in us, in the local area and for the local area. Today, BPER Banca is a large, solid national bank because, thanks to its strong roots, it has been able to adapt to change and turn it into its strength.
We believe that history is in the hands of those who know how to change and evolve.
For over 150 years we have chosen to grow together with the people who trust us, in the territory and for the territory. BPER Banca today is a strong national bank, because, strong in its roots, it has been able to adapt to change, making it its strength.
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Our growth path
See our most important milestones.
2021
We are the third national bank by number of branches
We are the third national bank by number of branches
2025
Entry into the Banca Popolare di Sondrio Group
Entry into the Banca Popolare di Sondrio Group
Following the completion of the voluntary public purchase and exchange offer, Banca Popolare di Sondrio joins the BPER Group, creating a solid entity with deep roots in Northern Italy that strengthens the community banking model and the ability to support local areas and communities.
2024
Path of our logo
Path of our logo
From 2015 to today we have come a long way and our logo has traveled it alongside us.
It reflects our personality, it tells who we are and our promise: to give a new shape to everyone's future.
The strength of a brand is an expression of its ability to convey the company's identity and positioning. Today BPER Banca is among the top brands in the sector in terms of notoriety and spontaneous memory in people. Thanks to this result, we are ready to evolve our logo and certify the solidity and recognizability achieved as a large national bank.
The word "Banca" disappears from the logo and the size of the "squircles" increases, which thus take on greater relevance, establishing themselves as a distinctive graphic element of the brand
2024
The B:DYNAMIC Full Value 2027 business plan
The B:DYNAMIC Full Value 2027 business plan
The new Business Plan presented on 10 October 2024 aims to create significant and sustainable value, leveraging the Bank's current positioning and the strategic pillars of the new Business Plan: unlocking the full value of customers, capturing latent economies of scale and leveraging the Bank's solid capital base.
2023
Our new Positioning
Our new Positioning
2023 marked the definition of a new purpose, with a new positioning and new objectives; elements that represent the basis of the Bank's strategy, and which arise from listening to customers and its people.
The image chosen as a distinctive feature of the new positioning is the "spark", impulse and energy capable of encouraging an idea, realizing a project, accelerating and evolving. BPER Banca wants to be the spark capable of supporting entrepreneurial dreams, accompanying the growth of families and territories, and illuminating the search for solutions to real needs.
Once the positioning was redefined, it was important that the payoff also evolved together with the Bank. Hence a signature that defines the new course and speaks of transformation, possibilities and new beginnings: "Dove tutto può iniziare."
2024
The evolution of the logo
The evolution of the logo
Since 2015, the logo has accompanied our evolution, conveying our identity and positioning. Today, BPER Banca is one of the leading brands in the sector in terms of awareness and spontaneous recall among consumers. Thanks to this result, our logo has evolved, confirming the solidity and recognisability we have achieved as a major national bank. The restyling removes ‘Banca’ and enlarges the ‘squircles’, which become a distinctive graphic element of the brand.
2022
The new “BPER e-volution” industrial plan presented
The new “BPER e-volution” industrial plan presented
The plan presented on 10 June 2022 envisages the evolution towards a Multi-Specialist and Capital Light business model, capable of enhancing the national scale of the Group, the Factories.
Proprietary product and enabled by a profound technological-digital transformation with specialized distribution channels.
Also in 2022, Banca Carige was incorporated and we became the 3rd group in Italy in terms of global deposits and number of branches.
2023
Il nuovo posizionamento
Il nuovo posizionamento
Nel 2023 BPER ha ridefinito Purpose, Posizionamento e obiettivi strategici, frutto dell’ascolto di clienti e persone. La “scintilla” diventa simbolo di energia per sostenere progetti, famiglie e territori.
Evoluto anche il payoff che definisce il nuovo corso e che parla di trasformazione, possibilità e nuovi inizi: BPER Banca. Dove tutto può iniziare.
Evoluto anche il payoff che definisce il nuovo corso e che parla di trasformazione, possibilità e nuovi inizi: BPER Banca. Dove tutto può iniziare.
2021
We are the third national bank by number of branches
We are the third national bank by number of branches
In 2021, the acquisition from the Intesa Sanpaolo Group of the banking business complex consisting of 486 Branches and 134 Operational Points was completed, the geographical distribution of which expresses a high concentration in Northern Italy, in particular in Lombardy.
2022
Merger of Banca Carige
Merger of Banca Carige
In November 2022, the merger by incorporation of Carige was completed. The transaction led to an increase in the BPER Group's presence in Italy, making it the third largest banking group in the country.
2021
Acquisition of UBI Banca
Acquisition of UBI Banca
The acquisition from the Intesa Sanpaolo Group of the UBI business unit comprising 486 branches and 134 operating points has been completed. These are mainly located in Northern Italy, particularly in Lombardy.
2022
The new “BPER e-volution” industrial plan presented
The new “BPER e-volution” industrial plan presented
The plan presented on 10 June 2022 envisages the evolution towards a Multi-Specialist and Capital Light business model, capable of enhancing the national scale of the Group, the Factories.
Proprietary product and enabled by a profound technological-digital transformation with specialized distribution channels.
Also in 2022, Banca Carige was incorporated and we became the 3rd group in Italy in terms of global deposits and number of branches.
2019
The new industrial plan "BPER 2021 Strategic Plan" was presented.
The new industrial plan "BPER 2021 Strategic Plan" was presented.
With the three-year development plan presented on 28 February 2019, we want to confirm ourselves as a point of reference for families and businesses by supporting the growth of the local economy, focusing on digital transformation, process and product innovation, new internationalization strategies and a renewed commitment to Social Responsibility.
Also in 2019, Unipol Banca was incorporated.
2019
Acquisition Unipol Banca
Acquisition Unipol Banca
BPER Banca acquires Unipol Banca, strengthening the Group's growth with the aim of increasing its competitiveness in the banking system, generating value for all stakeholders and offering customers an increasingly wide range of innovative, high-quality products and services.
2017
Acquisition of Carife
Acquisition of Carife
In the year of its 150th anniversary, BPER Banca acquired Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara (Carife). The transaction consolidated BPER's presence in Emilia Romagna and strengthened a company that has grown from a small local cooperative bank to become BPER Banca.
2017
150 years of history.
150 years of history.
Ours is a history that has 150 years of responsibility, loyalty and concreteness. A story made not only of numbers but of attention, success, consistency and growth. Everything that led us from a small local cooperative bank to becoming BPER Banca.
2016
BPER Banca transforms into a joint-stock company
BPER Banca transforms into a joint-stock company
Since the past we have been oriented towards the future to seize all the opportunities that change brings with it. In our history there has always been a commitment to building a solid tomorrow. With the Shareholders' Meeting of 26 November 2016 BPER Banca transforms from a Cooperative Society into a Joint Stock Company and faces a new challenge.
2015
The rebranding
The rebranding
Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna acquires a new identity and becomes BPER Banca, a national institution whose strength remains its people. A careful rebranding operation clearly expresses the values that have always been ours, fully responding to the times.
1992
Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna is born
Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna is born
Banca Popolare di Cesena joins an institution that now has strong roots throughout the region. This is proudly reflected in its new name: Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna, often abbreviated to BPER. Thanks to the deep affinities between these small, hard-working banks, their values and practices remain unchanged: a strong focus on practicality, direct knowledge of their customers and balanced relationships. But also attachment to the territory, understood as a group of people, families and businesses: a community that shares a common sensibility.
1984
Together for development
and growth
Together for development
and growth
In the 1970s, an aggregation movement began among the cooperative banks in the region. The fate of the Modena bank meets that of a cooperative institution with similar origins, which another group of Emilian citizens and workers had created in Bologna in 1882. In 1984, they created together the Banca Popolare dell'Emilia.
1923
A bank that was born from the bottom to reach the top
A bank that was born from the bottom to reach the top
Over the years, the Bank responds to the daily needs of families and small and medium-sized local producers, starting with farmers and artisans. It rewards the small savings of citizens of all classes, finances their credit and economic initiatives.
1867
The foundations: participation and
collective commitment
The foundations: participation and
collective commitment
From the completely innovative initiative of men and women from Emilia who organize themselves and collaborate to provide for their own needs, the Banca Popolare di Modena was founded in 1867 on the initiative of the Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso. The small but efficient structure grows gradually and safely, affirming the values of participation and collective commitment.