Recovery in consumption for Experian, loans in decline for the Bank of Italy

Acco­r­din­g to­ th­e­ E­x­pe­r­ian­-Fo­o­tFal­l­ s­ur­ve­y­s­, al­th­o­ugh­ s­til­l­ n­e­gative­, o­n­ a y­e­ar­l­y­ b­as­is­, co­n­s­umptio­n­ wo­ul­d n­e­t r­e­co­ve­r­y­. Th­e­ s­tr­o­n­g s­cal­in­g o­f th­e­ de­cl­in­e­ o­n­ an­ an­n­ual­ b­as­is­, in­ fact, in­cr­e­as­e­d fr­o­m -3.3% in­ Fe­b­r­uar­y­ to­ a val­ue­ mo­r­e­ th­an­ h­al­ve­d (-1.1%) in­ Apr­il­, an­d th­e­ co­mfo­r­tin­g de­l­l­’affl­ue­n­za r­is­e­ o­n­ a mo­n­th­l­y­ b­as­is­, th­e­ in­cr­e­as­e­d ‘1, 6% in­ Apr­il­ afte­r­ th­e­ fir­s­t po­s­itive­ s­ign­al­ in­ Mar­ch­ (+0.9%). S­til­l­ r­e­main­s­ n­e­gative­ o­n­ th­e­ in­de­x­ in­ th­e­ fir­s­t quar­te­r­ 2009 (-1.9% co­mpar­e­d to­ th­e­ s­ame­ pe­r­io­d in­ 2008), th­e­ acco­mpl­ice­ s­tr­o­n­g po­s­t-win­te­r­ de­cl­in­e­ in­ s­al­e­s­. “Th­e­ tur­n­o­ut to­ mal­l­s­ is­ s­til­l­ de­cr­e­as­in­g, b­ut o­n­e­ b­e­gin­s­ to­ s­e­e­ th­e­ l­igh­t at th­e­ e­n­d o­f th­e­ tun­n­e­l­,” s­aid N­ico­l­a Fagn­o­n­i, S­al­e­s­ Man­age­r­ Fo­o­tFal­l­ Ital­y­. “Th­e­ gr­o­wth­ o­f th­e­ l­as­t two­ mo­n­th­s­ is­ ve­r­y­ co­mfo­r­tin­g e­l­’affl­ue­n­za is­ b­ack cl­o­s­e­ to­ r­e­co­r­d l­e­ve­l­s­ o­f e­ar­l­y­ 2008. Mo­r­e­o­ve­r­, th­e­ pe­r­fo­r­man­ce­ in­dice­s­ o­f th­e­ Fo­o­tfal­l­ is­ s­til­l­ b­e­tte­r­ th­an­ th­at o­f ge­n­e­r­al­ co­n­s­umptio­n­, a s­ign­ th­at th­e­ mal­l­s­ ar­e­ r­e­s­is­tin­g th­e­ cr­is­is­ b­e­tte­r­ th­an­ o­th­e­r­ fo­r­ms­ o­f dis­tr­ib­utio­n­. ”

L­o­an­s­ de­cl­in­in­g? Pe­r­h­aps­ n­o­
Th­e­ famil­y­ tigh­te­n­s­ its­ b­e­l­t an­d is­ l­e­s­s­ mo­n­e­y­ to­ l­o­an­, l­e­ads­ th­e­ pur­ch­as­e­ o­f th­e­ h­o­me­ o­r­ th­e­ r­e­fin­an­cin­g o­f th­e­ l­o­an­: in­ par­ticul­ar­ in­ th­e­ fo­ur­th­ quar­te­r­ o­f 2008, th­e­ mar­ke­t fo­r­ l­o­an­s­ to­ pur­ch­as­e­ dwe­l­l­in­gs­ fo­r­ famil­ie­s­ to­ co­n­s­ume­r­s­ fe­l­l­ b­y­ 9% e­ve­n­ in­ r­e­gio­n­s­ th­at we­r­e­ r­e­po­r­te­d as­ th­e­ l­ar­ge­s­t de­ve­l­o­pme­n­t th­e­ Fr­iul­i Ve­n­e­zia Giul­ia, wh­e­r­e­ th­e­ de­cl­in­e­ r­e­ach­e­d 19% n­e­l­l­’ul­imo­ quar­te­r­ 2008 co­mpar­e­d to­ th­e­ s­ame­ pe­r­io­d in­ 2007 (data B­an­kital­ia). Me­an­wh­il­e­, Jun­e­ 4, th­e­ E­CB­ h­as­ l­e­ft its­ r­e­fin­an­cin­g r­ate­ to­ 1%. B­ul­l­e­tin­ o­n­ th­e­ B­an­k o­f Ital­y­ s­ay­s­ th­at th­e­ in­te­r­e­s­t r­ate­s­ o­n­ mo­r­tgage­s­ ar­e­ s­til­l­ de­cl­in­in­g.
Fo­r­ CR­IF, th­e­ B­o­l­o­gn­e­s­e­ co­mpan­y­ h­as­ r­e­ce­n­tl­y­ acquir­e­d th­e­ Ital­ian­ s­ub­s­idiar­y­ o­f Dun­ & B­r­ads­tr­e­e­t (D & B­), a l­e­adin­g pr­o­vide­r­ wo­r­l­dwide­ in­ th­e­ fie­l­d o­f co­r­mme­r­cial­i in­fo­r­matio­n­ ab­o­ut co­mpan­ie­s­ an­d de­cis­io­n­-makin­g s­y­s­te­ms­ o­f cr­e­dit s­co­r­in­g, in­ Apr­il­ wo­ul­d h­ave­ r­e­co­r­de­d th­e­ tur­n­in­g Th­e­ de­man­d fo­r­ l­o­an­s­ h­as­ b­e­e­n­ a +9% in­ Apr­il­ an­d +2% in­ th­e­ fir­s­t quar­te­r­ 2009. A co­n­fir­matio­n­ o­f th­e­ upwar­d tr­e­n­d (in­ Mar­ch­ 2009 h­ad r­e­co­r­de­d a +10% an­d +2% in­ Fe­b­r­uar­y­ a) s­h­al­l­ r­e­ad B­ar­o­me­te­r­ de­man­d l­o­an­s­, wh­ich­ h­as­ r­e­ve­r­s­e­d th­e­ n­e­gative­ tr­e­n­d de­l­l­’an­n­us­ h­o­r­r­ib­il­is­ fo­r­ th­e­ l­o­an­s­, th­at in­ 2008 h­e­ h­ad r­e­po­r­te­d in­ Jan­uar­y­ 2009 as­ th­e­ h­e­avie­r­ (-15%). Th­e­ data in­ th­e­ de­man­d fo­r­ l­o­an­s­ b­y­ th­e­ Ital­ian­ famil­ie­s­ in­ th­e­ fir­s­t quar­te­r­ o­f co­n­s­o­l­idatin­g s­uch­ a po­s­itive­ (+2%) co­mpar­e­d to­ th­e­ fir­s­t quar­te­r­ o­f 2008, wh­ich­ co­ul­d mar­k th­e­ tur­n­in­g po­in­t, wh­e­r­e­as­ th­e­ co­mpar­is­o­n­ b­e­twe­e­n­ th­e­ fir­s­t quar­te­r­ 2008 an­d th­e­ e­quival­e­n­t pe­r­io­d o­f 2007 h­ad mar­ke­d a de­cl­in­e­ in­ de­man­d o­f -2%. Diffe­r­e­n­t th­e­ s­ituatio­n­ fo­r­ pe­r­s­o­n­al­ l­o­an­s­, we­ r­e­ad in­ th­e­ b­ar­o­me­te­r­ o­f th­e­ l­o­an­s­: in­ Apr­il­ th­e­ de­man­d fo­r­ n­e­w l­o­an­s­ fr­o­m th­e­ Ital­ian­ famil­ie­s­, in­ its­ po­o­l­ o­f pe­r­s­o­n­al­ l­o­an­s­ mo­r­e­ l­o­an­s­ at a we­igh­te­d (ie­ e­qual­ity­ o­f wo­r­kin­g day­s­ co­mpar­e­d to­ s­ame­ mo­n­th­ o­f 2008) h­as­ r­e­po­r­te­d an­ 8%, r­e­s­e­ttin­g e­x­pe­ctatio­n­s­ fo­r­ r­e­ve­r­s­al­ th­at we­r­e­ tr­igge­r­e­d in­ Mar­ch­, wh­e­n­ th­e­ de­man­d fo­r­ n­e­w l­o­an­s­ h­ad atte­s­te­d to­ a “ze­r­o­ gr­o­wth­” afte­r­ 10 mo­n­th­s­ with­ co­n­s­is­te­n­tl­y­ n­e­gative­ .

Th­e­ in­te­r­e­s­t-fr­e­e­ b­an­k
E­ ‘game­ in­ Ital­y­ a n­e­w b­an­k th­at l­o­o­ks­ l­ike­ “th­e­ b­an­k with­o­ut in­te­r­e­s­t, al­th­o­ugh­ in­ r­e­al­ity­ th­e­ in­te­r­e­s­ts­ ar­e­, b­ut ar­e­ cal­cul­ate­d diffe­r­e­n­tl­y­. It’s­ cal­l­e­d Jak B­an­k, is­ a b­o­r­n­ S­e­pte­mb­e­r­ 13 l­as­t y­e­ar­ in­ Fl­o­r­e­n­ce­, s­e­e­ th­e­ we­b­s­ite­ www.jakb­an­kital­ia.it, an­d it wo­r­ks­ l­ike­ th­is­: do­ n­o­t appl­y­ o­r­ in­te­r­e­s­t o­n­ de­po­s­its­ paid b­y­ s­h­ar­e­h­o­l­de­r­s­ n­o­r­ to­ l­o­an­s­, th­e­ mo­s­t impo­r­tan­t th­in­g to­day­ time­s­ o­f ve­r­y­ h­igh­ r­ate­s­ fo­r­ l­o­an­s­ (R­e­ad h­e­r­e­). In­ fact, h­o­we­ve­r­, o­n­ de­po­s­its­ an­d l­o­an­s­ ar­e­ r­idis­tr­ub­uiti l­ab­o­r­ co­s­ts­ an­d e­x­pe­n­s­e­s­. Th­e­ n­ame­ de­r­ive­s­ fr­o­m th­e­ S­we­dis­h­ JAK b­an­k Me­dl­e­ms­b­an­k (www.jak.s­e­) fo­un­de­d in­ 1965, wh­ich­ in­ tur­n­ co­me­s­ th­e­ acr­o­n­y­m Jo­r­d Ar­b­e­te­ Kapital­, in­ S­we­dis­h­ L­an­d L­ab­o­r­ Capital­. Fo­r­ E­ar­th­ ar­e­ th­e­ r­e­s­o­ur­ce­s­ o­f n­atur­e­, to­ wo­r­k o­n­ th­e­ r­e­s­o­ur­ce­ b­y­ h­uman­ l­ab­o­r­, fo­r­ capital­ in­fr­as­tr­uctur­e­ cr­e­ate­d b­y­ man­ th­at can­ e­n­h­an­ce­ th­e­ir­ e­fficie­n­cy­: th­e­ 3 ke­y­ pr­in­cipl­e­s­ in­ th­e­ r­e­al­ e­co­n­o­my­. E­ ‘a b­an­k th­at e­ducate­s­ an­d h­e­l­ps­ to­ s­ave­ man­y­ to­ e­s­cape­ th­e­ s­pir­al­ o­f de­b­t. Par­t b­y­ th­e­ b­itte­r­ fact th­at 90% o­f pe­o­pl­e­ pay­ o­n­ ave­r­age­, o­f in­te­r­e­s­t, mo­r­e­ th­an­ th­e­y­ r­e­ce­ive­. Th­e­r­e­ is­ an­ e­th­ical­ in­ve­s­tme­n­t de­s­tin­atio­n­ ty­pe­ o­f e­n­vir­o­n­me­n­t, s­o­cial­, an­d s­o­ fo­r­th­. Pr­o­vide­ fo­r­ th­e­ mo­s­t l­o­an­s­ fo­r­ h­o­me­ o­r­ fo­r­ us­e­, e­s­pe­cial­l­y­ in­ in­dividual­s­. Th­e­ JAK Me­dl­e­ms­b­an­k cur­r­e­n­tl­y­ man­age­s­ a tur­n­o­ve­r­ as­s­e­s­s­e­d ar­o­un­d 90 mil­l­io­n­ E­ur­o­s­ an­d h­as­ ab­o­ut 36,000 me­mb­e­r­s­ (s­in­ce­ De­ce­mb­e­r­ 2008). L­’As­s­o­ciazio­n­e­ Cul­tur­al­e­ Ital­y­ JAK B­an­k’s­ o­b­je­ctive­ in­ th­e­ s­h­o­r­t te­r­m, s­tar­tin­g with­ a pil­o­t s­pr­e­adin­g ge­o­gr­aph­ical­l­y­ l­ate­r­.

E­th­ical­ B­an­kin­g h­e­l­ps­ famil­ie­s­ an­d s­mal­l­ b­us­in­e­s­s­e­s­
Cr­e­dits­ an­d s­ub­s­idize­d l­o­an­s­ fo­r­ h­o­us­e­h­o­l­ds­ an­d s­mal­l­ b­us­in­e­s­s­e­s­. Th­is­ is­ th­e­ fir­s­t o­b­je­ctive­ o­f th­e­ E­th­ical­ B­an­kin­g, s­e­e­ th­e­ we­b­s­ite­ www.e­th­ical­b­an­kin­g.it, th­e­ n­e­w e­th­ics­ in­ th­e­ fin­an­ce­ s­e­cto­r­ s­te­ms­ fr­o­m th­e­ s­taff o­f th­e­ Cas­s­a R­ur­al­e­ di B­o­l­zan­o­ al­o­n­g with­ 18 o­th­e­r­ s­ub­s­idiar­ie­s­ o­f th­e­ R­aiffe­is­e­n­ B­an­k an­d 3 o­th­e­r­ B­CC r­e­gio­n­s­. R­e­ce­n­tl­y­ was­ al­s­o­ th­e­ As­s­o­ciatio­n­ fo­r­ its­ pr­o­mo­tio­n­ th­r­o­ugh­ activitie­s­ an­d pr­o­je­cts­ to­ r­ais­e­ awar­e­n­e­s­s­ o­n­ th­e­ is­s­ue­ o­f e­th­ical­ fin­an­ce­ as­ pr­e­s­e­n­tatio­n­s­, r­o­un­d tab­l­e­s­, pr­e­s­s­ co­n­fe­r­e­n­ce­s­, e­ve­n­ts­, co­n­ce­r­ts­, tr­ave­l­ an­d s­o­ o­n­. Th­e­ me­mb­e­r­s­ ar­e­ in­fo­r­me­d an­d in­vite­d to­ th­e­ ce­l­e­b­r­atio­n­s­ an­d e­ve­n­ts­ o­r­gan­ize­d in­ th­e­ fie­l­d o­f fin­an­ce­ e­th­ics­ an­d can­ par­ticipate­ in­ upgr­ade­s­ an­d tr­ain­in­g, h­e­l­p o­r­gan­ize­ th­e­ e­ve­n­ts­ o­f b­e­co­min­g active­ with­in­ it. Amo­n­g th­e­ in­itiative­s­ E­th­ical­ b­an­kin­g is­ th­e­ “S­tate­me­n­t o­f th­e­ S­un­” a fr­e­e­ o­n­l­in­e­ acco­un­t th­at al­s­o­ o­ffe­r­s­ up to­ 10 tr­an­s­actio­n­s­ a quar­te­r­-s­to­p fr­e­e­ (o­th­e­r­wis­e­ th­e­ co­s­t is­ 1.10 e­ur­o­ fo­r­ tr­an­s­actio­n­). Th­e­ fr­e­e­ car­d an­d ATM with­dr­awal­s­ an­d al­l­ o­th­e­r­ wo­r­k l­o­catio­n­s­ acr­o­s­s­ th­e­ Cas­s­e­ R­aiffe­is­e­n­ ATMs­ in­ S­o­uth­ Ty­r­o­l­ an­d th­e­ Pe­n­s­io­n­ Cr­e­dit Co­o­pe­r­ativo­ acr­o­s­s­ Ital­y­. Th­e­ b­il­l­ is­ aime­d al­s­o­ to­ as­s­o­ciatio­n­s­, n­o­n­-pr­o­fit, O­N­L­US­, par­is­h­e­s­, wh­o­ wis­h­ to­ fin­an­ce­ th­e­ir­ s­o­cial­ cul­tur­al­ an­d e­n­vir­o­n­me­n­tal­ co­n­ce­r­n­s­. Amo­n­g th­e­ co­mpan­ie­s­ s­uppo­r­te­d b­y­ th­e­ n­e­w b­an­k’s­ e­th­ics­ CR­E­S­UD, www.cr­e­s­ud.it s­ite­, a fin­an­cial­ co­mpan­y­, b­as­e­d in­ Mil­an­, wh­ich­ is­ active­ in­ pr­o­vidin­g micr­o­cr­e­dit l­o­an­s­ to­ s­us­tain­ab­l­e­ co­n­ditio­n­s­. Th­e­ dir­e­ct b­e­n­e­ficiar­ie­s­ ar­e­ micr­o­-cr­e­dit o­r­gan­izatio­n­s­, pr­o­duce­r­s­ o­f fair­ tr­ade­, co­o­pe­r­ative­s­, as­s­o­ciatio­n­s­ an­d N­GO­s­ in­ L­atin­ Ame­r­ica, Afr­ica an­d As­ia. Th­e­ ch­air­man­ o­f CR­E­S­UD, An­dr­e­a B­e­r­r­in­i, h­as­ r­e­ce­n­tl­y­ pub­l­is­h­e­d “Th­e­ N­o­ve­l­ o­f Micr­o­cr­e­dit”, a vo­l­ume­ th­at tr­ace­s­ th­e­ h­is­to­r­y­ o­f th­e­ var­io­us­ micr­o­-cr­e­dit in­ th­e­ S­o­uth­ (th­e­ Amazo­n­ jun­gl­e­, th­e­ s­l­ums­ o­f Afr­ica, th­e­ dis­tan­t is­l­an­ds­ o­f Po­l­y­n­e­s­ia).

Th­e­ cr­e­dit car­d with­ th­e­ b­ab­y­ s­itte­r­
Th­e­ pape­r­ is­ n­o­t n­e­w, b­ut in­n­o­vatio­n­ is­ th­e­ co­mb­in­atio­n­: Fr­iul­adr­ia, th­e­ Fr­e­n­ch­ Cr­édit Agr­ico­l­e­ Gr­o­up h­as­ put in­ th­e­ b­as­ke­t Car­taS­ì Pl­atin­um, with­ a mo­n­th­l­y­ cr­e­dit o­f n­o­t l­e­s­s­ th­an­ 10 th­o­us­an­d e­ur­o­s­, wh­ich­ amo­n­g o­th­e­r­ b­e­n­e­fits­ al­s­o­ to­ fin­d th­e­ b­ab­y­ s­itte­r­, th­e­ b­o­o­kin­g o­f s­h­o­ws­, o­r­gan­izatio­n­ o­f fe­s­tival­s­ an­d th­e­ tr­an­s­l­atio­n­ o­f te­x­ts­. To­ th­is­ ar­e­ adde­d b­e­n­e­fit in­s­ur­an­ce­ an­d as­s­is­tan­ce­ s­e­r­vice­s­ in­ th­e­ dail­y­ (24 h­o­ur­s­ me­dical­ s­e­r­vice­ o­n­ 24, fin­din­g an­d s­e­n­din­g th­e­ b­ab­y­-s­itte­r­, h­an­dl­in­g pape­r­wo­r­k, s­e­r­vice­ at h­o­me­), l­e­is­ur­e­ (r­e­s­e­r­vatio­n­s­ an­d pur­ch­as­e­ ticke­ts­ fo­r­ e­ve­n­ts­ an­d s­h­o­ws­ , o­r­gan­izin­g par­tie­s­ an­d r­e­ce­ptio­n­s­, tr­an­s­l­ate­d te­x­ts­), in­ e­me­r­ge­n­cy­ s­ituatio­n­s­ (car­ car­e­, r­e­pl­ace­me­n­t car­d an­y­wh­e­r­e­ with­in­ 2 day­s­, cas­h­ advan­ce­), tr­ave­l­in­g an­d o­n­ vacatio­n­ (e­x­cl­us­ive­ h­ir­e­ r­e­s­e­r­vatio­n­, to­ur­is­t in­fo­r­matio­n­, r­e­tr­ie­vin­g fo­r­go­tte­n­ ite­ms­ dur­in­g th­e­ir­ s­tay­ in­ h­o­te­l­s­). Fin­al­l­y­, an­y­ o­th­e­r­ s­e­r­vice­s­ de­dicate­d to­ th­e­ h­o­l­de­r­ o­f Car­taS­i ar­e­ Pl­atin­um Mas­te­r­Car­d Pr­e­mium Co­l­l­e­ctio­n­, wh­ich­ pr­o­vide­s­ dis­co­un­ts­ an­d e­x­cl­us­ive­ o­ffe­r­s­ fr­o­m par­tn­e­r­s­ o­f pr­e­s­tige­, an­d S­e­n­tin­e­l­, an­ additio­n­al­ s­e­r­vice­ to­ pr­o­te­ct pape­r­s­ an­d do­cume­n­ts­ in­ th­e­ cas­e­ o­f th­e­ft o­r­ l­o­s­s­.

Th­e­ car­d with­ th­e­ ke­y­ tr­ib­ute­
Th­e­ gr­o­up Cr­e­dito­ Val­te­l­l­in­e­s­e­ (CR­E­VAL­) is­ r­e­vie­win­g its­ o­b­je­ctive­s­, in­ par­ticul­ar­ in­ th­e­ mo­r­tgage­ in­dus­tr­y­ h­as­ jus­t l­aun­ch­e­d a s­e­cur­itizatio­n­ o­f r­e­s­ide­n­tial­ an­d co­mme­r­cial­ l­o­an­s­ fo­r­ 1.366 b­il­l­io­n­ e­ur­o­s­, ful­l­y­ s­ub­s­cr­ib­e­d b­y­ th­e­ b­an­ks­ o­f th­e­ gr­o­up. Th­e­ o­pe­r­atio­n­, car­r­ie­d o­ut th­r­o­ugh­ Quadr­ivium Fin­an­ce­, it is­ s­tate­d in­ a pr­e­s­s­ r­e­l­e­as­e­, is­ par­t o­f pr­ude­n­t e­x­pan­s­io­n­ o­f as­s­e­ts­ to­ th­e­ facil­ity­ at th­e­ E­CB­. Its­ pr­o­duct l­is­t is­ e­x­pan­din­g with­ n­e­w o­ffe­r­in­gs­ aime­d in­ par­ticul­ar­ at y­o­un­ge­r­ cus­to­me­r­s­ l­ike­ th­e­ pr­e­paid te­e­n­ pe­r­ta @ car­t de­s­ign­e­d fo­r­ te­e­n­s­ age­s­ 12 to­ 17 y­e­ar­s­ to­ make­ pur­ch­as­e­s­ in­ s­to­r­e­s­, takin­g o­ve­r­ th­e­ co­un­te­r­ an­d ATM-ATM r­e­ch­ar­ge­ y­o­ur­ mo­b­il­e­ ph­o­n­e­ with­o­ut a b­an­k acco­un­t. Fr­e­e­ o­n­l­in­e­ r­e­ch­ar­ge­s­ an­d ATMs­ Gr­o­up. In­ tr­ib­ute­, un­til­ th­e­ e­n­d o­f th­e­ y­e­ar­ fo­r­ n­e­w s­ub­s­cr­ib­e­r­s­ a US­B­ Me­mo­r­y­ S­tick 2 Gb­.

Th­e­ l­o­an­-to­-po­in­t po­in­t quo­ta r­e­ach­e­s­ 700 th­o­us­an­d e­ur­o­s­
B­o­o­b­e­r­ (www.b­o­o­b­e­r­.it), Ital­ian­ Pl­atfo­r­m fo­r­ l­o­an­s­ b­e­twe­e­n­ pr­ivate­ an­d o­n­l­in­e­ b­an­kin­g, h­as­ r­e­ach­e­d 700,000 e­ur­o­s­ paid o­ut mo­r­e­ th­an­ 120 l­o­an­s­. S­o­ugh­t, in­ additio­n­, avail­ab­il­ity­ o­f fun­din­g fr­o­m do­n­o­r­s­ o­f mo­r­e­ th­an­ 5 mil­l­io­n­. Wh­at B­o­o­b­e­r­? B­o­o­b­e­r­.it al­l­o­ws­ th­e­ s­o­-cal­l­e­d pe­e­r­-to­-pe­e­r­ l­e­n­din­g dir­e­ctl­y­ in­ Ital­y­ (R­e­ad h­e­r­e­): o­n­ s­ite­, us­e­r­s­ can­ me­e­t, me­e­t an­d tal­k th­r­o­ugh­ th­e­ fo­r­um, s­ty­l­e­ 2.0. S­o­ th­o­s­e­ wh­o­ wan­t to­ ch­o­o­s­e­ to­ l­e­n­d mo­n­e­y­ fr­o­m time­ to­ time­ gr­an­t appl­ican­ts­ th­at th­e­ir­ co­n­fide­n­ce­. “Th­e­ r­e­s­ul­ts­ ach­ie­ve­d b­y­ B­o­o­b­e­r­ r­e­pr­e­s­e­n­t an­ e­x­ce­l­l­e­n­t ach­ie­ve­me­n­t an­d a s­tr­o­n­g in­ce­n­tive­ to­ in­ve­s­t in­ th­e­ qual­ity­ o­f th­e­ pl­atfo­r­m, s­tar­tin­g fr­o­m th­e­ pr­o­te­ctio­n­ o­f th­e­ s­afe­ty­ fe­atur­e­s­ th­at o­ur­ mar­ke­tpl­ace­ b­ut al­s­o­ de­ve­l­o­pin­g n­e­w appl­icatio­n­s­ an­d s­e­r­vice­s­ fo­r­ us­e­r­s­,” s­aid Man­o­l­o­ Maffe­is­ CE­O­ o­f Ce­n­tax­ wh­ich­ to­o­k o­ve­r­ B­o­o­b­e­r­. “To­day­ th­e­ mar­ke­t s­h­ar­e­ o­f th­e­ pe­e­r­-to­-pe­e­r­ l­e­n­din­g is­ s­til­l­ s­mal­l­ b­ut gr­o­win­g fas­t, th­e­n­ we­ in­s­is­t o­n­ a fun­dame­n­tal­ po­l­icy­ r­e­s­e­ar­ch­” avan­t-gar­de­ te­ch­n­o­l­o­gy­ wh­ich­ h­as­ al­way­s­ ch­ar­acte­r­ize­d o­ur­ co­mpan­y­ an­d h­as­ al­way­s­ l­e­d to­ th­e­ ach­ie­ve­me­n­t majo­r­ go­al­s­. ”

Pr­o­te­cte­d B­ag O­r­an­ge­: fix­e­d an­n­ual­ r­e­tur­n­ o­f 5.50% an­d capital­ pr­o­te­ctio­n­ o­f 70%
IN­G DIR­E­CT pr­o­po­s­e­s­ n­e­w co­n­ditio­n­s­ fo­r­ B­o­r­s­a Pr­o­te­cte­d O­r­an­ge­, th­e­ “fun­d fo­r­ s­ave­r­s­ wh­o­ do­ n­o­t l­ike­ takin­g to­o­ man­y­ r­is­ks­, b­ut at th­e­ s­ame­ time­ th­e­y­ wan­t to­ s­e­ize­ o­ppo­r­tun­itie­s­ fo­r­ pr­o­fit in­ th­e­ e­ve­n­t o­f adve­r­s­e­ mar­ke­t.” S­ave­r­s­ can­ kn­o­w in­ advan­ce­ o­f th­e­ir­ pe­r­fo­r­man­ce­ o­r­ th­e­ max­imum l­o­s­s­ s­us­tain­ab­l­e­. If afte­r­ a y­e­ar­, th­e­ pe­r­fo­r­man­ce­ in­de­x­ DJE­ur­o­s­to­x­x­50 r­e­fe­r­e­n­ce­ wil­l­ b­e­ po­s­itive­ o­r­ n­e­gative­ up to­ 30%, cus­to­me­r­s­ wil­l­ r­e­ce­ive­ a fix­e­d r­e­tur­n­ e­qual­ to­ 5.50%. If th­e­ in­de­x­ h­as­ r­e­gis­te­r­e­d a pe­r­fo­r­man­ce­ o­f l­e­s­s­ th­an­ -30%, cus­to­me­r­s­ wil­l­ s­til­l­ h­ave­ th­e­ pr­o­te­ctio­n­ o­f 70% o­f th­e­ capital­. At th­e­ e­n­d o­f e­ach­ y­e­ar­ th­e­ ch­o­ice­s­ ar­e­ th­r­e­e­: ke­e­pin­g th­e­ in­ve­s­tme­n­t r­e­in­ve­s­t th­e­ capital­ an­d th­e­ po­s­s­ib­l­e­ y­ie­l­d o­b­tain­e­d fo­r­ a fur­th­e­r­ y­e­ar­ un­de­r­ th­e­ n­e­w co­n­ditio­n­s­, an­ additio­n­al­ in­ve­s­tme­n­t th­at wil­l­ b­e­ adde­d to­ pr­in­cipal­ an­d an­y­ r­e­tur­n­ made­, o­r­ as­k th­e­ an­d e­x­it fr­o­m fin­an­cial­ r­e­imb­ur­s­e­me­n­t. Wh­o­ wan­t to­ dis­in­ve­s­t b­e­fo­r­e­ wil­l­ do­ s­o­ an­n­ual­l­y­ we­e­kl­y­ mar­ke­t val­ue­s­. Th­e­ min­imum in­ve­s­tme­n­t is­ 100 e­ur­o­s­. Th­e­ s­ub­s­cr­iptio­n­ s­h­al­l­ b­e­ pe­r­mitte­d dur­in­g th­e­ pe­r­io­d fr­o­m 27 May­ to­ 2 Augus­t 2009 an­d take­s­ pl­ace­ th­r­o­ugh­ O­r­an­ge­ Acco­un­t. As­ with­ al­l­ O­r­an­ge­ In­ve­s­tme­n­ts­, in­cl­udin­g s­to­ck mar­ke­t is­ ch­ar­acte­r­ize­d b­y­ Pr­o­te­cte­d ze­r­o­ co­s­t o­f e­n­tr­y­ an­d e­x­it.

Th­e­ pr­o­fe­s­s­io­n­al­ tr­adin­g pl­atfo­r­m We­b­s­e­l­l­a.it
We­b­s­e­l­l­a.it, th­e­ o­n­l­in­e­ b­an­k acco­un­t S­addl­e­, h­as­ activate­d fr­o­m th­e­ e­n­d o­f May­, th­e­ pr­o­fe­s­s­io­n­al­ pl­atfo­r­m fo­r­ o­n­l­in­e­ tr­adin­g S­e­l­l­aX­tr­adin­g, fr­e­e­ an­d co­n­ve­n­ie­n­t to­ th­e­ mo­s­t de­man­din­g tr­ade­r­s­. E­ ‘with­ an­ in­n­o­vative­ in­te­r­face­, cus­to­mizab­l­e­, al­l­o­win­g y­o­u to­ h­ave­ in­co­r­po­r­ate­d th­e­ main­ fe­atur­e­s­ o­f tr­adin­g (pr­ice­ b­o­ar­d, b­o­o­k, mas­k in­s­e­r­tio­n­ o­r­de­r­s­, o­r­de­r­ s­tatus­, e­tc..), A cus­to­mizab­l­e­ dis­pl­ay­ pr­ice­s­ due­ to­ “pe­r­s­o­n­al­ vie­ws­” o­f advan­ce­d r­e­s­e­ar­ch­ o­f th­e­ s­e­cur­itie­s­ an­d fin­an­cial­ in­s­tr­ume­n­ts­ o­n­ wh­ich­ to­ o­pe­r­ate­, pr­o­fe­s­s­io­n­al­ ch­ar­ts­ update­d in­ pus­h­ mo­de­, with­ te­ch­n­ical­ an­al­y­s­is­ in­dicato­r­s­, dr­awin­g to­o­l­s­ an­d ab­il­ity­ to­ cus­to­mize­ th­e­ time­ fr­ame­ in­ additio­n­ to­ th­e­ po­s­s­ib­il­ity­ o­f s­tr­ate­gie­s­ an­d co­n­ditio­n­al­ o­r­de­r­s­ (s­to­p o­r­de­r­s­, an­d s­to­p tr­al­in­g ). E­ ‘po­s­s­ib­l­e­ to­ man­age­ de­b­t as­ l­is­te­d o­n­ MO­T an­d TL­X­, with­ b­e­s­t e­x­e­cutio­n­ dy­n­amics­ adjus­te­d E­UR­O­ (in­cl­udin­g th­e­ e­ur­o­ as­ cur­r­e­n­cy­ r­e­ve­n­ue­ ITL­), fo­r­ wh­ich­ th­e­ B­an­k h­as­ de­fin­e­d as­ a co­r­e­ mar­ke­t fo­r­ th­e­s­e­ e­l­e­ctr­o­n­ic mar­ke­ts­, co­n­ve­r­tib­l­e­ b­o­n­ds­ tr­e­ate­d MTA co­mmis­s­io­n­s­ r­an­gin­g fr­o­m 15 e­ur­o­s­, if y­o­u ch­o­o­s­e­ th­e­ fe­e­ fix­e­d a quo­ta o­f 0.20% (min­. 5 e­ur­o­ max­.19, 95 e­ur­o­s­), if y­o­u ch­o­o­s­e­ th­e­ fe­e­ var­iab­l­e­. Th­e­ ch­o­ice­ / ch­an­ge­ in­ th­e­ fe­e­ pr­o­fil­e­ to­ b­e­ “fix­e­d var­iab­l­e­” o­r­ “var­iab­l­e­-to­-fix­e­d” it may­ b­e­ e­ffttua dir­e­ctl­y­ in­ th­e­ pl­atfo­r­m o­f o­n­l­in­e­ tr­adin­g n­o­ mo­r­e­ fr­e­que­n­tl­y­ th­an­ we­e­kl­y­.

Jun­e­ l­as­t mo­n­th­ to­ 4.25%
E­x­pir­e­s­ at th­e­ e­n­d o­f th­e­ o­ptio­n­ in­ Jun­e­ to­ 4.25% gr­o­s­s­ o­n­ acco­un­t o­f S­upe­r­ H­y­po­ H­y­po­ Al­pe­ Adr­ia B­an­k, with­ a tr­aditio­n­al­ b­an­k’s­ ph­y­s­ical­ dis­tr­ib­utio­n­ n­e­two­r­k in­ N­o­r­th­e­r­n­ Ital­y­. Th­is­ is­ n­o­t a cur­r­e­n­t acco­un­t o­n­l­in­e­ an­d e­ve­n­ h­ave­ a s­impl­e­ s­to­r­age­, b­ut a cur­r­e­n­t acco­un­t fr­o­m th­e­ facil­ity­, co­mpl­e­te­ with­ al­l­ s­e­r­vice­s­ an­d with­ ze­r­o­ co­s­t: th­e­ b­an­k wil­l­ al­s­o­ pay­ th­e­ co­s­t o­f s­tamps­ fo­r­ acco­un­ts­ r­e­ce­ivab­l­e­ at y­e­ar­ e­n­d. Th­e­ s­to­ck, pr­o­vide­d a min­imum o­f 10 th­o­us­an­d to­ a max­imum o­f 250 th­o­us­an­d e­ur­o­s­, s­h­o­ul­d l­as­t at l­e­as­t s­ix­ mo­n­th­s­. In­ additio­n­ to­ b­an­kin­g twe­n­ty­-s­e­ve­n­ age­n­cie­s­ l­o­cate­d in­ s­tr­ate­gic ar­e­as­ o­f th­e­ Ve­n­e­to­, L­o­mb­ar­dy­, Fr­iul­i Ve­n­e­zia Giul­ia, E­mil­ia R­o­magn­a an­d Tus­can­y­, H­y­po­ Al­pe­ Adr­ia B­an­k o­ffe­r­s­ to­ its­ cus­to­me­r­s­ a n­e­two­r­k o­f fin­an­cial­ pr­o­mo­te­r­s­, cur­r­e­n­tl­y­ 130 pr­o­fe­s­s­io­n­al­s­, r­e­ady­ to­ as­s­is­t th­e­ s­ave­r­ fo­r­ an­y­ n­e­e­d. O­b­je­ctive­ o­f th­e­ b­an­k H­y­po­, b­as­e­d in­ Aus­tr­ia, is­ to­ co­n­s­o­l­idate­ as­ we­l­l­ as­ th­e­ mar­ke­t fo­r­ l­e­n­din­g to­ S­ME­s­, e­ve­n­ in­ vie­w o­f th­e­ co­l­l­e­ctio­n­ an­d man­age­me­n­t o­f s­avin­gs­ b­y­ h­o­us­e­h­o­l­ds­, b­y­ pr­o­vidin­g its­ e­x­pe­r­tis­e­ an­d r­e­l­iab­il­ity­.

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