Italy’s Intesa and Sanpaolo banks eye a €60bn merger

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Series Details 25.8.06
Publication Date 25/08/2006
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The long-awaited consolidation of the Italian banking industry got under way 24 August 2006 as Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI, the country's second and third-largest banks, announced they were considering a merger. This would create Europe's 10th largest bank

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BBC News, 25.8.06: Merger creates Italian bank giant http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5285148.stm

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