Banca Intesa SpA provided banking and financial services worldwide. Its services included commercial and merchant banking, telephone and Internet banking and on-line services. Its was providing mutual fund issuing and management services, insurance, real estate, factoring and leasing services. The company was headquartered in Milan, Italy. Effective January 1, Banca Intesa merged into Sanpaolo IMI, which subsequently changed its name into Intesa Sanpaolo