Raiffeisen_Landesbank_Südtirol_–_Cassa_Centrale_Raiffeisen_dell'Alto_Adige
Raiffeisen Landesbank Südtirol – Cassa Centrale Raiffeisen dell'Alto Adige
Italian central banking institute
The Raiffeisen Landesbank Südtirol – Cassa Centrale Raiffeisen dell'Alto Adige is the central banking institute of the 39 independent cooperative Casse Rurali/Raiffeisenbank in South Tyrol, Italy.
The organisation in its current form dates back to 1973, although its oldest constituent bank was founded in Val Badia (Gadertal) in 1889. It is related to Raiffeisenverband Südtirol (the association of South Tyrolian Raiffeisen), which is a member of the International Raiffeisen Union, an association of cooperatives based on the ideas of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.[2]
The bank formed a joint venture called AlpenBank with Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol (central institute of Austrian Tyrolian Raiffeisenbank), as well as a sub-holding company Casse Rurali Raiffeisen Finanziaria with Cassa Centrale Banca - Credito Cooperativo del Nord Est, which owned a significant stake in Investitionsbank Trentino Südtirol – Mediocredito Trentino Alto Adige. The Raiffeisen-Landesbank also owned a minority stake in ICCREA Banca, the central institute of Banche di Credito Cooperativo - Casse Rurali ed Artigiane in the whole Italy.
The Landesbank Südtirol is designated as a "less significant institution" since the entry into force of European Banking Supervision in late 2014, and as such is directly supervised by the Bank of Italy.[3]
