Exclusive-ECB Has Cleared Monte Paschi's Takeover Bid for Mediobanca, Source Says

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Rome, June 25, 2025 The Italian banking reserve records a new chapter: Monte dei Paschi di Siena has obtained the authorisation of the European Central Bank to acquire a share of control in the Mediobanca, rising over 10% of its supervisory assets. A decisive step to carry forward the public offer of exchange (Ops) announced in recent months, with which Siena aims to consolidate its role in the national financial system. The green light of the E…

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Norbola Market Consensus The ECB has authorized the purchase of Mediobanka by Monte dei Paschi which is expected to formalize the offer in July. MPS reaches 8,700M€, while Mediobanka approaches the 16,000M€ of capitalization, above the 14,600M€ of the initial offer. In its effort to thwart the OPA, Mediobanka wanted to acquire the private banking of Banco Generalli, but after delaying to September the vote, it seems that the proposal did not ha…