Monte Paschi Bids €34 Billion for BPM, Banca Generali

Banca Monte dei Paschi is seeking to buy two separate banks for a combined value of €34 billion ($40 billion) as it seeks to prevent being bought by rival Intesa Sanpaolo. The Italian lender said it’s launching an all-share bid for Banco BPM valuing it at €25.3 billion and another one for Banca Generali valuing it €8.7 billion, according to a statement Friday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News…

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