Banca popolare dellAoEmilia Romagna is a top commercial, universal and cooperative bank and is the parent bank of the BPER Group, ranked among the first banking groups in Italy primarily focused on small and medium enterprises with a strong international vocation. Correspondent Banking and Trade Finance are managed by Banca popolare dellAoEmilia Romagna for all the banks in the Group (although sardinian subsidiaries Banco di Sardegna and Banca di Sassari still run part of their business independently): all transactions routed to Banca popolare dellAoEmilia Romagna in favor of BPER Group customers are processed without any additional charges or banking days.