The former owner of the bank, Fondazione Carisbo, still held 2.023% shares of Intesa Sanpaolo as of 31 December 2013.

[4] Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna (Carisbo) formally started on 26 September 1837 after the idea of forming a bank emerged 2 years before in Bologna, in the Papal States.

[5] Casse Emiliano Romagnole also became a sub-holding company of the bank, which was majority owned by the foundation.

In the same year Carisbo acquired BIMER Banca (Banca dell'Emilia-Romagna per i Finanziamenti a Medio e Lungo Termine), which was a merger of Mediocredito Emilia-Romagna and Istituto Regionale di Credito Agrario per l'Emilia-Romagna[6] It was absorbed into Carisbo in 1994.

[9] In 1997 Carisbo also sold their shares on Banca di Romagna.