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The 100,000 Lives of the World’s Oldest Bank
🇬🇷 Greece /Economy & Trade

The 100,000 Lives of the World’s Oldest Bank

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, has survived wars, scandals, suicides and near-bankruptcy.
  • The bank is mounting a multibillion-euro effort to avoid being taken over by Intesa Sanpaolo.
  • In Siena, the contest is portrayed as a struggle over the future of the city as well as its oldest bank.

Monte dei Paschi di Siena has survived for more than five centuries, through wars, scandals, suicides and a near-bankruptcy. Now the world’s oldest bank faces another fight, this time against a takeover by Intesa Sanpaolo.

The bank is responding with its own multibillion-euro counteroffensive as it tries to remain independent. The contest has turned the institution’s long history into a present-day struggle over its ownership and future.

In Siena, the battle carries a meaning beyond finance. The bank is closely tied to the city, and the contest playing out around Piazza Salimbeni is presented as a fight over Siena itself.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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