Italy · Credit institution
Banca Sella SPA
Legal name in the LEI recordBANCA SELLA - S.P.A.
Banca Sella S.p.A. is an Italian joint-stock company with its registered office in Biella. It is the commercial bank of the Sella group. It is subject to direction and coordination by the parent company Banca Sella Holding S.p.A. It offers retail, business, private banking, trading and electronic payment services through branches in Italy and digital channels. It completed the acquisition of Hype S.p.A. on 6 February 2026 and absorbed it by merger on 30 March 2026.
Licences and registrations
Held by Banca Sella - S.P.A. (LEI 549300I7OIUB41P86L19). The ESMA interim MiCA register lists this LEI as a crypto-asset service provider. No other register entry is matched to it.
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
ESMA interim MiCA register
The entry that gives this LEI as the registration number
| Name on the register | Jurisdiction | Registration number |
|---|---|---|
| BANCA SELLA | Italy | 549300I7OIUB41P86L19 |
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Less significant institution
- Supervisor
- Banca d’Italia (with ECB oversight)
- Listed as
- Banca Sella S.p.A.
- Entity type
- Credit institution
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- BANCA SELLA - S.P.A.
- RIAD code
- IT0002489834883
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | BANCA D'ITALIA | 2007-11-01 | A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- SELBIT2BXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under SELBIT2B directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1979-02-05
- Last updated
- 2022-07-02
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Banca Sella Holding S.p.A.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Sella
- Standing
- Banca Sella absorbed Hype S.p.A. by merger with effect from 30 March 2026. Hype now operates as a brand of the bank. Former Hype IBANs, the BIC HYEEIT22XXX and ABI 36772 are being migrated to Banca Sella coordinates.
- Ownership
- Banca Sella Holding S.p.A. is the controlling shareholder and parent of the Sella banking group, and minority shares have been held widely enough for the bank to be an "emittente diffuso" since 1 January 2016.
- Direct parent
- Banca Sella Holding S.p.A., Italy
- Ultimate owner
- Maurizio Sella - Società in accomandita per azioni, Italy
- Head office
- Piazza Gaudenzio Sella, 1, 13900 Biella, Italy
- Company register
- Codice fiscale / Registro Imprese 02224410023, Camera di Commercio Monte Rosa Laghi Alto Piemonte; ABI 03268
- Name in the local language
- Banca Sella S.p.A.
Business lines
According to its 2025 results, net fee income was EUR 298.3 million, with electronic payment systems and investment services each contributing about a third.
Online
- Websites & references
- sella.it ↗
sellagroup.eu ↗ Sella group institutional and investor-relations site
soci.sella.it ↗ shareholder site of Banca Sella
hype.it ↗ Hype brand site (brand of the bank since 30 March 2026)
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- sella.it/-/dati-societari
- sellagroup.eu/chi-siamo/banca-sella
- sellagroup.eu/SSRDisplayerI?docCode=BSE_INFORMATIVA_AL_PUBBLICO_GOVERNO_SOCIETARIO
- sella.it/banca-on-line/dentro-la-banca/risultati-della-banca
- sella.it/banca-on-line/dentro-la-banca/risultati-della-banca-20260210
- sellagroup.eu/investor-relations?menu2=banca-sella
- sellagroup.eu/-/banca-sella-il-cda-nomina-giovanni-petrella-nuovo-presidente
- sellagroup.eu/-/banca-sella-ottiene-l-autorizzazione-da-banca-d-italia-per-acquisire-hype
- support.hype.it/business/notices/nuovo-iban-e-vecchio-iban-cosa-cambia-biz
- support.hype.it/privati/articles/faq-sulloperazione-di-fusione-per-incorporazione
- sellainsights.it/-/i-risultati-del-primo-semestre-2026-del-gruppo-sella
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banca_Sella_Group
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Massimo Angelo Vigo Amministratore Delegato, Direttore Generale e CEO
- Chair
- Giovanni Petrella Presidente
- Chief financial officer
- Francesco Plini Vice Direttore Generale & CFO
- Executive
- Giorgio De Donno Condirettore Generale e Vice CEO
- Executive
- Anna Grosso Condirettore Generale
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Italy
- Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) Prudential supervisorCentral bankAML supervisorResolutionConduct
- Italy
- Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) SecuritiesConduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Licence
The bank completed the MiCA notification procedure with the Bank of Italy, which allows it to start services related to crypto-assets.
sellainsights.it ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Hype S.p.A. merged into Banca Sella with effect from 30 March 2026 and became a brand of the bank.
support.hype.it ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
With Bank of Italy authorisation, the bank completed the purchase of all Hype shares from illimity Bank and Banca Sella Holding on 6 February 2026.
sella.it ↗ -
Leadership
Former chairman Maurizio Sella died on 22 November 2025. He had stepped down as chairman in October 2025.
sellagroup.eu ↗ -
Leadership
The board appointed Giovanni Petrella as chairman on 30 October 2025, succeeding Maurizio Sella.
sellagroup.eu ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- SELBIT2BXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SELBBank
- ITCountry · Italy
- 2BLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE
- LEI
- 549300I7OIUB41P86L19
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Codice ABI 03268
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Italy · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Less significant · Banca d’Italia as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Banca Sella Holding S.P.A. · Italy549300ABE4K96QOCEH37 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Maurizio Sella - Societa' In Accomandita Per Azioni · Italy815600F24AE25C9D1B94 ↗
The Maurizio Sella - Societa' In Accomandita Per Azioni group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Banca Patrimoni Sella and C. SPA, In Sigla Bpa SPA, Fabrick S.P.A., Banca Sella Holding SPA, Sella Sgr S.P.A..
See the Maurizio Sella - Societa' In Accomandita Per Azioni group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- PIAZZA GAUDENZIO SELLA 1 BIELLA 13900 440 ITALY
- Operational address
- VIA ITALIA 2 BIELLA 13900 BIELLA POB 440 ITALY
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SELBIT2BXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300I7OIUB41P86L19</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SELBIT2BXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300I7OIUB41P86L19</LEI>
<Nm>BANCA SELLA SPA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BIELLA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IT</Ctry>
<AdrLine>PIAZZA GAUDENZIO SELLA 1 BIELLA 13900 440</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2017-11-21 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2010-11-01 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2013-11-04 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-05 | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Codice ABI · Italy
1 code file of 2026-09-23
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03268 | SELBIT2BXXX | BANCA SELLA - S.P.A. | BIELLA |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- National bank codes—Italy (Source: Banca d'Italia).
- ESMA interim MiCA register—European Securities and Markets Authority; entries whose registration number is this LEI, matched by LEI.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
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