▣About Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo is Italy’s largest banking group, formed in 2007 through the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI and operating a wide domestic and international network of retail, corporate and wealth-management services. Intesa Sanpaolo has begun selective involvement with Bitcoin and digital assets—setting up a proprietary digital‑assets trading desk in 2023 and executing a January 2025 “test” purchase of roughly €1 million (about 11 BTC) to learn how to serve client demand while keeping tight internal limits. The bank is led by Managing Director & CEO Carlo Messina and chaired by Gian Maria Gros‑Pietro; full leadership biographies are available on the group’s site.