Widiba (Banca Widiba)

Overview

Widiba (Banca Widiba) is Italian online bank + Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS BIT:BMPS Italian commercial bank subsidiary [1, it-cro].

History

2014 — Banca Widiba founded by Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS as Italian online bank.

2014 — Widiba mobile + web banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banca Widiba S.p.A. (Italian online bank; MPS subsidiary).

Major shareholders: Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS (BIT: BMPS; Italian commercial bank; world's oldest bank since 1472) fully owned.

Regulators: Banca d'Italia + ECB.

Technical integration

Widiba mobile app (iOS + Android) + widiba.it web + Widiba Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR.

Implementations & partners

MPS parent: [[mps]] (Monte dei Paschi di Siena; BIT: BMPS; Italian commercial bank; world's oldest bank since 1472; one of Italy's largest commercial banks).

Major Italian online bank + neobank competitors: [[fineco-bank]] (FinecoBank Italian online bank + brokerage; BIT: FBK; ~1.6M+ customers Italy + UK + Germany + Ireland) + [[hype-bank]] (Hype Banca Sella Italian mobile wallet + payment account) + [[buddybank]] (buddybank UniCredit Italian mobile-only bank) + [[illimity]] (illimity Italian challenger bank) + [[ing-italia]] (ING Italia ING Group Italian online bank) + [[mediolanum]] (Banca Mediolanum Italian commercial bank) + [[directa-sim]] (Directa SIM Italian online brokerage).

Regulators: Banca d'Italia + ECB.

Status

Active, Italian online bank + Monte dei Paschi di Siena MPS BIT:BMPS Italian commercial bank subsidiary [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Widiba — official
• 2 Banca Widiba — Wikipedia
• it-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/IT-italy.md

Source

Biography extracted from widiba.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.