- CEO
- Carlo Messina
- Full Time Employees
- 91,825
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- Piazza San Carlo, 156 Turin TO Italy 10121
- IPO Date
- Jan 22, 2007
- Business
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is Italy's leading banking group, offering a comprehensive range of retail, corporate, wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services to approximately 13.9 million customers in Italy through over 2,800 branches and 7.6 million international customers via subsidiaries and networks in 12 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and other regions including America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Formed in 2007 through the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI and headquartered in Turin with key operations in Milan, the Group operates six main divisions: Banca dei Territori, providing industrial credit, leasing, factoring, digital banking via Isybank, and proximity services through Mooney; IMI Corporate & Investment Banking, delivering commercial and transaction banking, capital markets, sustainable finance, M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets, and structured finance across 25 countries; International Subsidiary Banks, focused on commercial banking in emerging markets; Private Banking, including Fideuram-Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking with extensive financial consulting; Asset Management, led by Eurizon with over 304 billion euros in assets under management; and Insurance, encompassing Intesa Sanpaolo Vita, Assicura, Life, RBM Salute, and related agencies offering insurance and pension products. The bank maintains a strong ESG focus, targeting 115 billion euros in impact lending for communities and green transition by 2025, alongside digital innovations like a SoftPOS payment solution launched in Italy and AI-driven programs across 150 use cases. Recent developments include the November 2025 completion of the merger integrating First Bank into Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania, creating a unified entity with 3.1 billion euros in assets, 58 branches, over 170,000 clients, and enhanced digital and SME-focused offerings in Central and Eastern Europe; a October 2025 partnership with the European Investment Bank providing 750 million euros to finance 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects such as photovoltaic, onshore wind, storage, and bioenergy primarily in Italy and other EU countries; and expansions in digital investment services into Belgium and Luxembourg.