the Intesa Sanpaolo revolution will start in May- Corriere.it

THEntesa says goodbye to checks. The first account holders have already been warned: “Withdrawal from the check agreement”, says the subject of the communication. From May, the checks that a few thousand Intesa Sanpaolo account holders keep in a drawer will no longer be usable and will be returned to the relevant branch “at the first opportunity”. A world ends, even if a gradual approach appears necessary: ​​not all Intesa customers are familiar with theInternet banking.

The end of an era

If it is true that the check has lost its importance and is used less and less, so much so that especially among the youngest it appears as a mysterious object, it is also true that his retirement closes an era of Italian customs, not only of the economy . Without checks there will be no more i

postdated, a singular form of financing on which the small-scale economy of this republic was based, especially in the exciting post-war years, but also in much more recent times. Immediate guarantees, granted to the other party in a deal, avoiding laws, taxes, costs. A hymn to simplification, even if the risks for the borrower were evident. Italy is evolving and Intesa is leading the way. After the group’s insurance companies experimented with the four-day working week, Intesa confirmed itself as a laboratory of innovation. On the one hand last week he revoked the mandate for trade union representation at the ABI in order to autonomously manage his participation in the bargaining, on the other by announcing the end of the checks he took a further step towards modernity. Goodbye to checks and space for electronic transfers, so much so that to encourage their use, Intesa has at the same time reset the delta in fees existing between instant and non-instant transfers. A click and off you go, the payment is made and the other party already has the money in the account. Without the risk of finding a check in your hands convertible.

The girls at the Aipb master

They won a scholarship that allows them to attend the Aipb Master in Private Banking & Wealth Management, which started on March 1st. A great satisfaction for Federica Del Medico, Laura Raimondo, Valentina Carletti Croce and Gessica Tosku, also because enrollment in the master, which will last nine months, costs 10,000 euros. A problem that for the four winners was solved by Aipb itself, by Fidelity and by BlackRock, which even wanted to reward two female students. The goal is to encourage the entry of women into the financial world, given that they represent only 23 percent of consultants. Based on the evidence from the first two editions, «more than 90 percent of the participants in our Master find work immediately afterwards», said Silva Lepore, director of the Aipb Master.

Boost becomes Castelli

Boost changes its name and restarts. Now the producer of diaries and notebooks is called Castelli. A long and articulated restructuring process was thus concluded, made possible thanks to the fresh finance brought in by Lindocastelli srl, Dp Holding and Giambarini group. Lindocastelli is controlled by the Castelli family and by Tmg (The magnet group) together with Giambarini group. Tmg is among the leaders in the American promotional sector and the world’s leading producer of promotional magnets. At the end of last January, the new board of directors took office, made up of Maurizio Castelli, president and managing director, William Korowitz, Dave Peden, Diego Pezzini and Diego Giambarini. The secretary of the board is Ermanno Sgaravato, a well-known accountant who works between Verona and Milan, who followed the entire lengthy restructuring process of the company.

LimoLINE, 4 million on board

LimoLane, the digital platform that operates in mobility premiumannounces a round investment of 4 million euro led by Fabio Nalucci, ceo & founder of Gellify and the Equity Venture Club vehicle. The round was attended by a selection of Italian and international investors such as Riccardo Martinelli, ex chief investment officer of Partners Group in Italy. LimoLine, born in Italy in 2021 but already present in Great Britain and France, closed the balance sheet with revenues exceeding 8 million euros, 3.2 times more than the previous year.