Banca Italiana di Sconto

The bank's 1917 manifesto.

The Banca Italiana di Sconto (BIS) was a leading Italian bank that went bust in 1921. One firm hit by its collapse was the giant film production conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana (UCI), which itself folded a few years later. Another victim was Banca per l'Africa Orientale (BAO) whose formation in 1917 BIS had promoted. BAO failed in 1923.

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino (2009). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
• Toninelli, Pierangelo Maria. The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in the Western World. Cambridge University Press, 2000.