Visco calls for ‘block disposal’ of impaired assets

Italian banks were among those hardest hit by ECB’s comprehensive assessment

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Ignazio Visco

The entire Italian banking system needs to "get to grips with the large stock of non-performing loans (NPLs)" in part through "block disposals of impaired assets", according to Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco.

The European Central Bank (ECB) uncovered an additional €136 billion worth of NPLs in its asset quality review, the results of which were announced on October 26.

A few days later, on October 31, Visco delivered a speech at the Association of Italian Savings Banks lamenting the

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