Banca Italiana di Sconto
The Banca Italiana di Sconto (BIS, lit. 'Italian Discount Bank') was the third-largest Italian bank in its time, formed in 1915 by merger of Società Bancaria Italiana with Società Italiana di Credito Provinciale . It went bankrupt in 1921.
Overview[edit]
One firm hit by its collapse was the giant film production conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana (UCI), which itself folded a few years later.[1]
Another victim was Banca per l'Africa Orientale (BAO) whose formation in 1917 BIS had promoted. BAO failed in 1923.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Moliterno (2009), p. 320.
Bibliography[edit]
- Moliterno, Gino (2009). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
- Toninelli, Pierangelo Maria. The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in the Western World. Cambridge University Press, 2000.