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Italian banking giant Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the world's oldest surviving lender, completed a €16bn ($18bn) takeover of Mediobanca in September 2025—the biggest European banking merger in years. The deal involved MPS acquiring an investment bank that owns a 13% stake in











