Monte dei Paschi makes $13 bln play for Antonveneta
International Business Times: Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Thursday said it has agreed to buy Banca Antonveneta from Spanish bank Banco […]
Italy set to bail out bank after huge derivatives losses
Telegraph: Board members of the Italian bank Italease were in emergency session last night amid reports that the central bank may step in following huge […]
Italy Set to Create European Banking Giant
Deutsche Welle: The board of the Italian bank UniCredit has approved the takeover of smaller rival Capitalia for 21.8 billion euros in stock to create […]
Italy cautiously blesses banks’ marriage
Financial Times: Capitalia and UniCredit confirmed that they were in discussions about an all-Italian bank merger as politicians and investors appeared to give any union […]