Promoting innovation

Description

Results as at 31.12.2025 (where not specified)

• Creation of a new digital bank to effectively serve a significant portion of Intesa Sanpaolo customers who do not visit branch

• Continuous enhancing of Isybank, that offers to over 1m customers a faster, more streamlined approach, emphasising simplicity, immediacy and lower costs compared to traditional banking

• Launch of around 800 innovation projects in 2022-2025

• 904 projects launched by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center (ISPIC) in the 2022- 2025 period (258 projects launched in 2025)

• Around 100 million euro invested by Neva SGR in startups

• €199m invested by Neva SGR in the 2022-2025 period (more than €80m in 2025)

• Support to high-potential startups through non- financial services (e.g., acceleration programmes) and the connection/support of venture capital funds, also thanks to Neva SGR

• Around 450 startups supported and enhanced since 2022 

• Development of multidisciplinary applied research projects (e.g., AI, neuroscience, robotics) via collaboration with top-notch research centres, promoting technology transfer and spin-offs and creating intangible assets and intellectual property

• 40 research projects launched in the 2022-2025 period (24 ongoing projects in 2025 on AI, neuroscience and robotics, with 13 launched in 2025)

• Acceleration of business transformation and support to corporates’ long-term development (e.g., scouting new technologies) promoting de-risking and competitiveness through open innovation programmes

• Since 2022, 135 corporates have participated in open innovation programmes and more than 30 circular economy transformation programmes have been implemented for companies and institutions

• Support to the development of innovation ecosystems with an international perspective, coordinating the network of relationships with corporates, incubators, R&D centres, universities, national and international institutions 

• With reference to ecosystem initiatives, since 2019, over 270 startups were supported and enhanced, over 650 collaborations and proofs of concept were realised, more than €190m in capital was raised, and 1,150 new hires were made
  

• Diffusion of innovation mindset/culture through events and new educational formats

• 140 positioning and matchmaking events organised in the 2022- 2025 period (in 2025, over 30 events organised). Overall >19,000 participants in the events, seminars and various initiatives (~60,000 participants since 2022)  

• Providing Group’s people with excellent training on critical skills for the digital transition 

• In 2025, 435,482 hours of training on cybersecurity, involving 86,764 Group’s people 
• Within the Corporate Academy, a dedicated AI & Data Faculty was launched in 2025 with the aim of developing strategic and technical capabilities in AI and data management to accelerate digital transformation; the number of participants is 42,905