NAPLES. «It is an important day, because in an iconic place we bring the demands of a banking model, the cooperative one, which is close to the territory and to the South». This is what Amedeo Manzo said, confirmed as president of the Federation of Community Banks of Campania-Calabria for the three-year period 2024-2027. growing numbers. The data testifies to the effectiveness of the action implemented: 15 banks, 64 thousand cooperative members, over 230 branches and 1,580 employees, a total collection of 9,561 euros and net loans of 4,697 million, a banking product of 14,258 million, with assets of approximately 800 million euros and a CET1 of 33.21%.
«START AGAIN BY VALORIZING COOPERATION». «We managed to relaunch the federation’s action with a strong restart action, enhancing identity, cooperation, innovation and efficiency», states Manzo. Who then adds: «Today it is an important point of reference for the mutual banks of the two regions that have merged. In the next three years we will have a great objective to achieve thanks to the support of the 15 associated banks, the members and thanks to the vision that today allows us to have this important study on cooperative credit in Southern Italy carried out by Svimez. We are increasingly a point of reference for cooperative credit and for the growth of the country and of a South that operates and innovates, guarantees development and growth”.
«THREE YEARS OF GROWTH». Manzo underlines that «a three-year period of growth for our Federation ends and we wanted to do it in Scampia, a symbol of the rebirth of the suburbs through culture». Concepts also reiterated by the national leaders of cooperative credit with Giuseppe Maino, President of Iccrea Banca, Giorgio Fracalossi, President of Cassa Centrale Banca, Alessandro Azzi, President of Tertio Millennio Ets, Augusto dell’Erba, President of the Italian Federation of Bcc-Cr.
50% OF EMPLOYMENTS TO MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH. For his part, the director of Svimez Luca Bianchi illustrated the Svimez report on cooperative credit in the South which shows that the mutual banks of the South allocate 13.3% of loans to micro businesses with less than 5 employees, 7.7 % to companies with 6-20 employees and 29.8% to companies with 20-49 employees and therefore Bcc loans for micro and small businesses represent over 50% of the total loans.
HELP FOR THE SUBURBS. This demonstrates the fact that the leverage of proximity credit ensures the survival of businesses by making the suburbs more competitive and the support for micro and small businesses in peripheral areas provides a very important contribution to the stability of the territories.
THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATIVE CREDIT. «Cooperative credit is fundamental not only for the South but for the whole country. I believe that SMEs should be helped” says the Undersecretary for the Economy, Sandra Savino. And on the fears that have been raised from many quarters regarding differentiated autonomy, Savino is clear: «I represent a party, Forza Italia, which with its historic leader Silvio Berlusconi has made generous gestures for the country. And I can’t imagine anyone being left behind.”
«CLOSE TO THE TERRITORY IS THE REAL CHALLENGE». All this while the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, highlights that «the issue of proximity is the real challenge we face, because people feel increasingly alone in their relationship with institutions. We need to give a sense of interpretation of their needs. We have a South that suffers from gaps but also has its own dynamism.” L
LORITO: BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING MOMENT. The vice-president of the Campania Region, Fulvio Bonavitacola, insists on the need for “a vision” to exploit the potential that exists in Campania and the South. All this while the rector of Federico II, Matteo Lorito, speaks of a “beautiful and interesting moment because cooperative credit has purposes close to ours, those of proximity. In the specific case of credit to micro-enterprises, in ours of academic education close to people.” The president of the Campania bishops, Antonio Di Donna, urges the world of credit to be close to families and the productive world.
THE BOARD OF OFFICERS ALSO CONFIRMED. The assembly that re-elected president Manzo confirmed the board of directors composed of Lucio Alfieri, Giovanni Caridi, Camillo Catarozzo, Massimo Cavallaro, Franco Cesaro, Antonio Ciniello, Aida Andreina De Nunzio, Gregorio Ferrari, Nicola Paldino, Teresa Palmieri, Roberto Ricciardi, Francesco Silvestri, Giuseppe Spagnuolo, Luigi Zollo. The Board of Auditors is made up of the president Mariella Rutigliano, with standing auditors Michele Aurelio and Raffaele Soldovieri, and alternates Vincenzo Martone and Massimiliano Tavella. The Board of Arbitrators is made up of the president Giovanni Capo, with the effective arbiters Sergio Gatti and Biagio De Vita, and the alternate ones Andrea Giuffrè and Stefano Trombani.
