Banco di Roma

Banco di Roma opened branches in Alexandria in 1905, Cairo and Malta in 1906, Tripoli and Benghazi in 1907, and Constantinople in 1911.

[2]: 7–10  It expanded further in the Middle East, in Jerusalem before the end of World War I then in 1919 in Istanbul, Smyrna, Beirut, Aleppo, Tripoli, İskenderun, Mersin, Adana, Jaffa, and Haifa.

[2]: 12  In 1920, it formed a new affiliate, Banco di Roma per l’Egitto ed il Levante, which took over the operations in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria.

[2]: 14 By 1926, Banco di Roma had 2,756 employees in Italy and 316 overseas, including 145 in Turkey, 77 in Syria and Lebanon, 40 in Palestine, 20 in Malta, 20 in Switzerland, 10 in London, and 2 in New York.

By contrast, the Banco di Roma maintained a continuous presence in Turkey from its first establishment in 1911 to the market liberalization of the 1980s and beyond.