Bloomberg Italian public financial institutions may end up purchasing some assets of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA that UniCredit SpA doesn’t want in a takeover of the bankrupt lender. State lender Mediocredito Centrale SpA and state-owned asset manager AMCO SpA were given to access to Monte Paschi’s data room, according to a statement. The Italian Treasury may be …

Bloomberg Zambia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged, with inflation seen decelerating faster than earlier expected. The monetary policy committee held the rate at 8.5%, Governor Christopher Mvunga told reporters on Wednesday in Lusaka, the capital. This was the MPC’s first rate decision under a new government following elections last month. The decision to hold was supported by …

Bloomberg Five years into scandals that have already cost Wells Fargo & Co more than $5 billion in fines and legal settlements, regulators are privately signaling they’re still not satisfied with the bank’s progress in compensating victims and shoring up controls. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have warned the firm they …