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INTESA SANPAOLO SUPPORTS GROWTH OF GROUP’S INTERNATIONAL BANKS WITH BLACKROCK’S ALADDIN WEALTH™

• Intesa Sanpaolo positions its International Banks as a key driver of the Group’s growth outside Italy, in line with the strategic integration path outlined in the 2026–2029 Business Plan.
• Intesa Sanpaolo strengthens the long-standing collaboration with BlackRock through the extension of Aladdin Wealth to its International Banks to enhance the Group’s advisory model outside Italy.
• Paola Papanicolaou: “The growth of the International Banks is built on an increasingly integrated model and the gradual adoption of shared technology. The project enhances the expertise of advisors while improving the level of service to clients”.

Milan, 5 March 2026 – Intesa Sanpaolo further reinforces the role of its International Banks as a strategic driver of growth outside Italy, extending its use of Aladdin Wealth, BlackRock’s investment and risk management technology designed for the wealth management world, which has already been successfully adopted within the Group.

The initiative is aligned with the 2026–2029 Business Plan, presented by Intesa Sanpaolo’s CEO Carlo Messina, which identifies technology as a key enabler and the growth of the International Banks as a priority within a broader path of integration across the Group. The initiative is part of the broader expansion of the Group’s advisory model outside Italy, including the creation within the International Banks Division of a Fideuram-style advisory network to support growth in Wealth Management and Protection. The objective is to involve 2,500 Relationship Managers and 1,200 Financial Advisors to serve all client segments — from Private to retail — with an overall target of around 1 million clients.

Intesa Sanpaolo’s Asset Management Division has already successfully completed the integration of Aladdin technology across its Central and Eastern European companies (Eurizon AM Slovakia, Eurizon AM Hungary and Eurizon AM Croatia). Similarly, the Italian best practice in distribution is being extended abroad through the deployment of Aladdin Wealth and Robo4Advisory functionalities, with the aim of strengthening client engagement across the Group’s International Banks. Within a strategic integration framework, the Aladdin Wealth technology will be gradually rolled out this year in Slovakia and Hungary, followed by Slovenia and Croatia in 2027, and subsequently extending to other countries within Intesa Sanpaolo’s footprint, further strengthening integration and the Group’s global operating model.

The adoption of a common and integrated technology solution supports Advisors throughout the advisory process, enhances the consistency of investment proposals, and fosters continuous and multichannel client interaction — including digital self-service channels — within a controlled framework fully aligned with the Group’s model. With Aladdin Wealth technology, the platform can provide end-to-end oversight of the investment lifecycle, integrating advisory activities, risk engines, data quality and consistency controls, and advanced digital tools. The implementation of its platform across International Banks will leverage a multicurrency, multilingual structure adaptable to different local regulations, harmonizing advisory and investment processes across markets, all through the Aladdin Wealth user experience for advisors.

The technology therefore enhances service quality, personalization of solutions, and risk control, while fully respecting the specific characteristics of individual markets. A scalable and secure technology framework also enhances operational efficiency and reduces complexity, fostering more effective collaboration between the International Banks and the Group’s other Divisions, and accelerating time-to-market for investment solutions.

“The growth of Intesa Sanpaolo’s International Banks is built on an increasingly integrated model and the gradual adoption of shared technology, starting with the extension of BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth platform to support the entire advisory process across our markets. The project enables us to further develop the expertise of our advisors within their local networks while at the same time enhancing the level of service provided to clients,” said Paola Papanicolaou, Chief of the International Banks Division.

“With this initiative, Intesa Sanpaolo reinforces the role of the International Banks as a key driver of the Group’s growth outside Italy, fully aligned with the integration, simplification and technological evolution outlined in the 2026–2029 Business Plan.”

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