- Business
- Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. (MDIBY) operates as a diversified Italian banking group focused on wealth management, corporate and investment banking, consumer finance, and insurance-principal investing. Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, the company provides asset management and advisory services to private banking, premier, and high-net-worth clients through Mediobanca Private Banking, CheBanca! (repositioned as Mediobanca Premier in 2024), and Compagnie Monegasque de Banque in Monaco; consumer credit products including personal loans, salary-backed financing, credit cards, and Pagolight buy-now-pay-later solutions via Compass; corporate and investment banking services such as lending, capital markets, advisory, trading, factoring, and credit management, with specialized teams in digital/tech via Arma Partners, energy transition, and markets including CO2 trading and BTP specialist activities; and principal investing primarily through a 13% stake in Assicurazioni Generali. The group maintains operations in Italy and internationally across Europe (including France, Germany, Spain, the UK, Luxembourg, and Monaco) and the US (New York), serving corporate clients, entrepreneurs, affluent individuals, retail customers, and institutional investors. In September 2025, Mediobanca became part of the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. group following the completion of a public acquisition and exchange offer for 100% of its shares. Recent strategic developments include the launch of a Frankfurt office in 2025 to expand mid-corporate lending, fundraising exceeding 260 million euros for private credit and equity funds in partnership with Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, and Apollo, co-investments totaling 61 million euros under the Mediobanca-UBS Global Real Estate program, a strategic partnership by Polus Capital with a sovereign wealth fund for special situations strategies, and confirmation of record financial results for the 12 months ended June 30, 2025, with revenues of 3.7 billion euros, net profit of 1.3 billion euros, and extension of the "One Brand-One Culture" plan to 2028 targeting revenue above 4.4 billion euros and net profit of 1.9 billion euros.