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.[7] It was formed through the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI in 2007, but has a corporate identity stretching back to its first foundation as Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino in 1583.
In 2020 the bank served approximately 14.6 million customers in Italy and 7.2 million customers in Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East and North Africa through several brands such as CIB Bank, VÚB Banka and Bank of Alexandria.[8]
By 2010 its assets had grown to US$877.66 billion, ranking 26th in Forbes Global 2000.[9][10] The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[11]