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Big banks invest in generative AI startup Hazy

Nationwide Building Society, Wells Fargo and Intesa Sanpaolo have joined a $9 million Series A funding round for British synthetic data disruptor Hazy.

28 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania joins Ibos network

International banking alliance welcomes Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania to its member network IBOS Association (IBOS), an international banking network, is delighted to announce its newest member, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania.

06 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Nexi Croatia and PBZ Card form strategic payments partnership

PBZ Card d.o.o. and Nexi Croatia d.o.o. have announced a new strategic partnership for payment card acceptance at the point of sale (POS), starting from March 1.

02 March 2023

News/cloud

Intesa Sanpaolo signs strategic deal with IBM

Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has signed a strategic deal with IBM to modernise its infrastructure.

01 March 2023

Company announcement/inclusion

Intesa Sanpaolo increases stake in CreditAccess India to two percent

Intesa Sanpaolo has increased to 2% its shareholding in CreditAccess India, a company active in the microcredit sector that operates through its subsidiary CreditAccess Grameen Ltd., listed on the National Stock Exchange of India.

07 December 2022

News/payments

Intesa Sanpaolo offloads entire stake in Nexi

Intesa Sanapolo has booked a €584 million return from the sale of its 5.1% stake in payments processor Nexi.

16 November 2022

Company announcement/startups

Intesa Sanpaolo welcomes 21 startups to accelerator programme

A new Intesa Sanpaolo ELITE Lounge is kicking off, welcoming 21 Italian start-ups to the financial acceleration programmes for highly innovative companies supported by Intesa Sanpaolo.

26 September 2022

Company announcement/startups

Intesa Sanpaolo raises €250 million for new VC fund

More than 500 venture capitalists, institutional investors, private clients, experts, entrepreneurs and start-ups from all over Italy and several other countries, above all the United States and Israel, were in attendance today at Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin at the event Venture Capital: protagonists, growth and projects of Neva Sgr, organised by Neva Sgr, an Intesa Sanpaolo Group company wholly owned by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center.

20 September 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Nexi scores merchant acquiring deal with Intesa Sanpaolo

Nexi S.p.A. ("Nexi" and, together with its subsidiaries, "Nexi Group") announces that Nets CEE d.o.o. ("Nets CEE"), a company under Croatian law, part of Nexi Group and a subsidiary of Concardis Holding GmbH, reached an agreement with Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. ("PBZ Bank") and PBZ Card d.o.o. ("PBZ Card") - a company under Croatian law, indirectly controlled by Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. ("ISP" and, together with its subsidiaries "ISP Group") through PBZ Bank - to purchase PBZ Card's merchant acquiring business in the Croatian market.

17 June 2022

Company announcement/wealth

Fideuram-ISPB to advance digital wealth management with Alpian

Alpian SA (“Alpian”) and Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (“Fideuram-ISPB”) are partnering to advance the digital wealth management offering for the clients of Fideuram-ISPB, leveraging Alpian’s knowledge in technology development and mobile-first user experience for digital wealth management services

25 May 2022

Company announcement/startups

Intesa Sanpaolo launches new startup development programme

In collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Intesa Sanpaolo is launching "Up2Stars", a new development programme dedicated to startups that harnesses the importance of this segment of companies as an essential driver of Italy's entire economy.

22 February 2022

News/cloud

Intesa Sanpaolo invests £40m in Thought Machine

Intesa Sanpaolo has backed up its recent contract with Thought Machine by investing £40 million in the cloud-based core banking vendor.

14 February 2022