The story
Founded in 1910 as Banca Agricola Commerciale di Reggio Emilia, the bank changed its name to Credito Emiliano in 1983. At that time the bank also acquired Banca Belinzaghi of Milan, starting its expansion. In 1991 Istituto Bancario Siciliano was acquired, followed by Banca di Girgenti and Banca Industriale Agricola di Radicena.
In 1999, the bank was ranked 8th in terms of branches on Sicily island.
From Wikipedia’s article on Credito Emiliano, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4