UBI Banca Group

The distribution network and
positioning
The branch network of the Group
As at 31 st December 2011 the UBI Banca Group had 1,884 branches (reduced to 1,809 at the
date of this report) compared to 1,901 at the end of 2010.
The branch network of the UBI Banca Group in Italy and abroad
number of branches
31.12.2011 31.12.2010 Change 27.3.2012
UBI Banca Scpa 2 2 - 2
Banca Popolare di Bergamo Spa (1) 358 365 -7 358
Banco di Brescia Spa 364 362 2 342
Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria Spa (2) 235 234 1 225
Banca Regionale Europea Spa (3) 229 229 - 225
Banca Popolare di Ancona Spa 238 248 -10 226
Banca Carime Spa 294 294 - 270
Banca di Valle Camonica Spa 66 64 2 66
Banco di San Giorgio Spa 57 57 - 55
UBI Banca Private Investment Spa 26 31 -5 25
Centrobanca Spa 6 6 - 6
IW Bank Spa 2 2 - 2
B@nca 24-7 Spa 1 1 - 1
Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion Sa - Svizzera 3 3 - 3
UBI Banca International Sa - Lussemburgo 3 3 - 3
TOTAL 1,884 1,901 -17 1,809
Total Branches in Italy 1,875 1,892 -17 1,800
Financial advisors 713 786 -73
ATMs 2,451 2,470 -19
POS terminals 61,224 61,220 4
(1) The figure as at 31 st December 2010 included a temporary mini-branch for the launch of the prepaid card Enjoy.
(2) The figures do not include nine units dedicated exclusively to pawn credit operating under the Banca Popolare Commercio e
Industria brand.
(3) The figures include three foreign branches.
As already reported in the previous section “Significant events that occurred during the year”,
the changes that occurred compared to the end of 2010 mainly reflect further reorganisation of
geographical market coverage, performed between 2011 and 2012. In detail:
- the action taken with effect from 18 th April 2011 led to the closure of 16 branches and 12
mini-branches affected by geographical overlap, along with the transformation of 13 smaller
branches into mini-branches and one mini-branch into a branch;
- action taken after the end of the year, effective from 27 th February 2012, involved the
closure of 32 branches and 46 mini-branches, as well as the transformation of 40 branches
into mini-branches and one mini-branch into a branch.
A detailed summary is given below of the changes that occurred in 2011 and until the date of
this report, which affected the Group presence in Italy:
• BANCA POPOLARE DI BERGAMO closed a mini-branch in March 2011, temporarily opened in
Viale Vittorio Emanuele II in Bergamo for the commercial launch of the prepaid card Enjoy,
and opened one new branch at Casatenovo (Lecco) in May, while it closed six branches in
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