Banca del Salento – Credito Popolare Salentino S.p.A. was an Italian bank from Lecce, Apulia.

[1] The pro forma market share in deposits in the Province of Lecce in 1996 was 20.7%.

[3] In 2001, Banca 121 had 104 branches, and a shareholders' equity of €541,938,000 in consolidated basis at 31 December 2001.

In 2002, the bank was absorbed by the parent company, at the same time spin off a division to form Banca 121 Promozione Finanziaria (became MPS Banca Personale in 2004).

After the absorption a scandal was exposed that the bank sold risky financial products to clients with misleading information.