Wallets/fineco-bank
Fineco Bank
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Overview
Fineco Bank is Italian online bank + brokerage + BIT: FBK + spun off from UniCredit May 2019 + one of Europe's largest fintech banks + ~1.6M+ customers Italy + UK + Germany + Ireland [1, it-cro].
History
1999 — Fineco founded as Italian online brokerage.
2008 — UniCredit acquires Fineco.
2014 — Fineco BIT IPO under ticker FBK.
2017 — Fineco UK launch as European expansion.
May 2019 — UniCredit fully divests Fineco + Fineco independent listed Italian bank.
2018 — Fineco Germany + Fineco Ireland launch.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: FinecoBank S.p.A. (Italian online bank + brokerage; BIT: FBK).
Major shareholders: Italian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float (post-2019 UniCredit divestment).
Regulators: Banca d'Italia + ECB + PRA UK + Bundesbank + CBI.
Technical integration
Fineco mobile app (iOS + Android; ~1.6M+ customers) + finecobank.com web + Fineco Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Faster Payments (UK).
Implementations & partners
Major Italian + European online bank + neobank competitors: [[widiba]] (Widiba Banca Widiba; Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS subsidiary; Italian online bank) + [[hype-bank]] (Hype Banca Sella Italian mobile wallet + payment account) + [[buddybank]] (buddybank UniCredit Italian mobile-only bank) + [[illimity]] (illimity Italian challenger bank by Corrado Passera) + [[ing-italia]] (ING Italia ING Group Italian online bank) + [[mediolanum]] (Banca Mediolanum Italian commercial bank) + [[directa-sim]] (Directa SIM Italian online brokerage) + [[fineco-italy]] (Fineco Italy + Fineco UK + Fineco Germany + Fineco Ireland).
Regulators: Banca d'Italia + ECB + PRA UK + Bundesbank + CBI.
Status
Active, Italian online bank + brokerage + BIT:FBK + spun off from UniCredit May 2019 + one of Europe's largest fintech banks + ~1.6M+ customers Italy + UK + Germany + Ireland [1, 2].
Sources
- 1 Fineco — official
- 2 Fineco — Wikipedia
- it-cro In-corpus:
reports/countries/IT-italy.md
Source
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