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ChiantiBanca

Italian bank

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2024
Entity authorityQ3667435 ↗
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ChiantiBanca (full name Credito Cooperativo, Società Cooperativa) is an Italian bank based in Monteriggioni, Tuscany.

The bank was a cooperative bank. However, in 2016 the bank demutualized. In the same year the bank also absorbed Banca di Pistoia Credito Cooperativo and Banca Area Pratese Credito Cooperativo.

History

Banca del Chianti Fiorentino e Monteriggioni was formed in 2010 by the merger of Banca del Chianti Fiorentino (founded in 1909) and Banca Monteriggioni (founded in 1924). In 2012 the bank absorbed Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino (founded in 1909).

In 2016 the bank demutualized. In the same year the bank also absorbed Banca di Pistoia Credito Cooperativo and Banca Area Pratese Credito Cooperativo.

Sponsorship

Banca Area Pratese was a sponsor of the football club A.C. Prato. In 2016 ChiantiBanca sponsored Prato directly as their shirt sponsor.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “ChiantiBanca” as italian bank. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 2010, 1909, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010. The account is most persuasive where ChiantiBanca, Italian and bank can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as italian bank. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3667435. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016, 2010, 1909 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “ChiantiBanca” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.