Regional spotlight on NPLs: Greece, Italy, Spain and beyond
Europe's banks continue to defy expectations—not a single country saw its banking sector's NPL ratio increase in 2021, with the vast majority…
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Europe's banks continue to defy expectations—not a single country saw its banking sector's NPL ratio increase in 2021, with the vast majority…
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(Bloomberg) -- Italy may have to weigh potential divestments or other changes to satisfy European Union regulators if it extends a deadline to sell off Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. beyond this year.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government is set to ask the EU for more time to find a buyer for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, after efforts to sell the troubled Tuscan lender to UniCredit SpA fell apart over the weekend. The Italian government and Milan-based UniCredit under chief executive officer Andrea Orcel said in a statement on Sunday that they were no longer pursuing talks. The two sides were unable to agree on how much new capital Monte Paschi needed before the sale and the assets to be transferred, people familiar with the matter said. Italy is to seek an