Cassa di Risparmio di Torino

Banca Cassa di Risparmio di Torino S.p.A., also known as Banca CRT or Caritorino, was an Italian savings bank based in Turin, founded in 1827 and merged into Unicredito in 1997.

The former owner of Banca CRT, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Fondazione CRT), as of 31 December 2013, still owned 2.506% voting rights of UniCredit, as 7th largest shareholder.

[1] On 31 December 1999, Fondazione CRT was the second largest shareholder of UniCredit with 14.228% of the total ordinary shares (704,943,077 of 4,954,465,306).

[4] In 1991, due to Legge Amato [it], the daily banking operation, charity and ownership were split into a società per azioni (Banca CRT S.p.A.), and a banking foundation (Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino; Fondazione CRT).

[9] On 1 July 2002, Banca CRT was absorbed into Credito Italiano along with Cariverona, Cassamarca, Caritro, C.R.

A crest on the wall of a branch in Chieri , in the Province of Turin