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The primary activity is originating and managing mortgages, personal loans and credit facilities for retail and corporate clients, with gross lending of €84.7bn at end-2025 concentrated in Italian households and SMEs. In 2025 the bank accelerated credit-risk models using machine learning and expanded alternative data, cutting cost of risk to ~40bp and supporting SME lending growth of 3.8% YoY while preserving CET1 at 12.1%.

Banco BPM offers tailored investment strategies and financial planning to help clients preserve and grow capital, with private banking assets under management of €69.4bn as of FY 2024; advisors use advanced portfolio tools across equities, bonds and derivatives to target client-specific returns and risk. The business is shifting toward sustainable investing—ESG assets rose 28% in 2024—and expanding long-term retirement planning solutions for aging Italian clients.

Banco BPM’s extensive branch network across Italy—over 1,700 branches as of 2025, concentrated in Lombardy and Veneto—drives high-touch service, enabling complex advisory meetings (wealth, corporate lending) and local relationship banking that digital-only rivals cannot match. Branches still account for ~60% of new retail customer acquisitions and lift brand visibility, supporting €220bn in customer deposits at year-end 2024.

Banco BPM runs state-of-the-art data centers and cloud platforms processing ~€30bn annual payment flow in real time and hosting AI models that cut credit-loss forecasting error by ~15% (2024 pilot).

Customers get a one-stop shop to manage banking, investments and insurance at Banco BPM, simplifying finances and giving a single, holistic view of wealth; Banco BPM reported €387bn total assets and €36.6bn customer loans in 2024, supporting cross-sell opportunities for busy professionals and families seeking unified services.

Banco BPM leverages deep Italian-market expertise—serving ~1.5m SME clients in 2024—to offer localized credit terms and sector-specific cash‑flow lending that global banks often miss. This proximity speeds credit decisions (average corporate loan approval time ~12 days in 2024 vs. 25 days for foreign banks) and yields flexible support tied to regional cycles, improving SME retention and lowering NPL formation.

Banco BPM assigns personal advisors to high-net-worth and corporate clients, delivering proactive, customized support; in 2024 the bank reported wealth-management assets of €44.2 billion, underscoring scale for tailored services.

This high-touch model leverages deep institutional knowledge to meet complex needs and builds long-term trust through detailed understanding of clients’ businesses and personal finances, reducing churn and increasing share-of-wallet.

Retail customers use Banco BPM’s self-service platforms 24/7, with mobile app MAU of ~3.2M (2024) and 85% of routine operations done without staff; interfaces are built for low-friction money management and payments. Automated push alerts and AI chatbots handle ~42% of inquiries instantly, reducing branch traffic and cutting service costs per transaction by roughly 28% year-over-year.

The Banco BPM mobile banking app is the primary touchpoint for retail customers, handling over 60% of daily transactions and 78% of logins in 2025, and offers payments, transfers, deposits, and real-time account monitoring. The app also drives push marketing and personalized offers, and in 2025 added advanced wealth-management tools (robo-advice, portfolio analytics) and biometric security, reducing fraud losses by about 22% year-on-year.

This segment covers everyday consumers seeking current accounts, payment services, personal loans and mortgages; Banco BPM reported circa 7.6 million retail customers and €121 billion in customer deposits in 2024, making mass-market retail the core of its deposit base and transaction volume. The bank emphasizes accessible budgeting tools and savings products to help families build reserves and service mortgages, with retail lending ~€64 billion at end-2024.

SMEs are a core pillar of Banco BPM’s strategy, reflecting Italy’s economy where SMEs account for ~99.9% of firms and ~68% of private employment; the bank targets lending, trade finance, and payroll solutions—SME loans comprised about 28% of Banco BPM’s corporate credit book in 2024 (roughly €18bn). The bank adds sector-specific advisory to help clients enter export markets and manage supply-chain finance.

The largest cost slice covers salaries, benefits, and training for ~20,000 staff, totalling about €1.1bn in personnel expenses in 2024; supporting that headcount adds ~€220m in administrative overhead and HR systems. In 2025 Banco BPM targeted a 4–6% payroll efficiency gain via selective automation and process redesign, aiming to cut recurring personnel-related costs by ~€60–90m annually.

Banco BPM spends heavily on IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, with 2024 IT operating costs around €450m and capital tech investments ~€220m, covering cloud hosting, license fees, and advanced threat detection; these outlays are essential to keep core banking systems current and compliant.

Net interest income is Banco BPM’s main revenue, driven by the spread between loan yields and deposit costs; in 2025 NII rose as loan yields averaged ~3.9% versus deposit rates ~0.7%, keeping a margin near 3.2 percentage points.

Fee and commission income for Banco BPM comes from wealth management, brokerage, insurance distribution and card services, totaling €1.02bn in 2024 (≈18% of operating income), offering stable non‑interest revenue less tied to rate swings. The bank aims to grow this stream by expanding value‑added advisory services and digital wealth platforms to lift fee income by ~6–8% CAGR through 2026.