European stock markets sank into the red on Friday, as China announced retaliatory measures to swingeing US tariffs.

Shares in European lenders extended losses on Friday amid a deep selloff in equities sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

BPM, Italy's third-largest bank by assets, became the target of an unsolicited $10 billion-plus takeover bid from UniCredit and is pursuing its own acquisition of asset manager Anima Holding.

Representatives of ING Groe NV, the largest banking group in the Netherlands, have met in recent weeks with those of Italy's Banca Popolare di Sondrio, amid plans to expand its presence in Europe ...

LONDON (Reuters) - ING Groep met with Italy's Banca Popolare di Sondrio in recent weeks as it seeks to grow in Europe through takeovers, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The early stage ...

A bid by ING would rival a 4.3 billion euro ($4.7 billion) all-share offer by BPER Banca for Sondrio in February, which was the latest in a raft of takeover activity in Italy's banking sector.

MILAN (Reuters) - Unipol (BIT:UNPI) Chairman Carlo Cimbri said on Friday a foreign bank was studying a potential bid for Popolare di Sondrio to rival the one unveiled by Italy’s BPER Banca.

It is supported by Fideuram, Eurizon, BancoPosta, Fineco and Banca Mediolanum It is now a matter of understanding how many funds the Assogestioni list will actually be able to attract and above ...