Banca Mediterranea


Nuova Banca Mediterranea S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Potenza, Basilicata. The bank was absorbed by Banca Popolare di Bari in 2004.

History

Banca Mediterranea

Banca Mediterranea S.p.A., based in Pescopagano, in the Province of Potenza, was found in 1992 by the merger of Banca Popolare Cooperativa di Pescopagano e Brindisi and Banca di Lucania. At that time BP Pescopagano had about 40 branches and Banca di Lucania 30. In 1994 Banca di Roma acquired 30% stake in the bank.
The two banks at that time had a significant market share in Basilicata and Molise combined. In the lending market, Banca Mediterranea had a market share of 38.44% in Basilicata, comparing to competitors Cassa di Risparmio di Calabria e Lucania and Banco di Napoli. In 1994 Banca Mediterranea had 85 branches, 45 in Basilicata, 23 in Apulia, 16 in Campania and 1 in Molise. The acquisition also caused a lengthy legal battle between the bank and the minority shareholders, which in 2014 quantified that the minority shareholders suffered a loss of €12 million.
In 2000 Banca Mediterranea was absorbed into Banca di Roma. At the same time Nuova Banca Mediterranea was formed on 1 July 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Banca di Roma.

Nuova Banca Mediterranea

Nuova Banca Mediterranea S.p.A. was formed in 2000 in Potenza with 78 branches.
At that time the bank had a market share of 10.69% in lending in Basilicata region.
In 2001 the bank was sold to Nuova Finanziaria Mediterranea for €284 million, a consortium of Banca Popolare di Bari, Veneto Banca and Cattolica Assicurazioni. Veneto Banca later acquired 29 branches from Banca Mediterranea to form Banca Meridiana, as well as sold all the stake in Nuova Finanziaria Mediterranea in 2002.
In 2004 Cattolica Assicurazioni sold the minority interests in Banca Mediterranea to BP Bari for €45,423,716. In the same year the bank was absorbed into the parent company BP Bari.